Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Review of the Sláintecare Report (Resumed)
9:00 am
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Has the inclusion of the under sixes generated any diagnostic trends? Is there early diagnosis? Is anything happening? The school medical examination system used to be in place but it did not start until a child was five. Has anything shown up which indicates that there is a benefit from including the under sixes in the general medical card system?