Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Robert Watt:

A further engagement review of the scheme must take place. That decision was in respect of the additional money that the Minister was able to allocate to the scheme and how it would be spent. From that consultation the Minister has made a decision. However, there are more fundamental questions about the scheme and its attractiveness and how we can ensure that medical card patients get treatment.