Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare
Health Service Reform: Minister for Health
9:00 am
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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On the general practitioner contract, we have already had some engagement with this committee and heard members' initial views. We are at an early stage of negotiations, which I expect will take the bulk of this year. We are very conscious of the need to align that final outcome. I am genuinely acutely aware of what is involved.
On the capital programme, the review will obviously take place later this year. I expect we will be able to benefit from the committee's report in time for that. That is my understanding.