Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Integrated Eye Care: Discussion
Professor David Keegan:
To the best of my knowledge, they do not get additional funding in comparison with the other CHOs. The caveat is the extra funding was provided under that pilot programme we referred to earlier, to start up the model through that. Extra funding went to CHOs 9, CHO 6 and CHO 7. Since then, extra funding has gone to CHO 4 in respect of delivery for the south. As far as I am aware, no extra funding has yet gone to CHO 1 or CHO 8 in respect of this. Unfortunately, we do not have the finance team and Michelle Ford with us today, so that is as clear of an answer as I can give the Deputy.