Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Is that agreed? Agreed. It is written in the opening that the DPIA makes no adverse findings at all related to the legal basis for processing of personal data in respect of a public service card. The issue Deputy Murphy is raising arises in the next paragraph. Okay, that is agreed.

I will move on to No. R2109 from Mr. Liam Sloyan, CEO of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, on 5 July. It provides information that the committee requested regarding waiting lists for NTPF funding. I propose we note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I flag this. There is some information on its performance. There is substantial funding going into it. The number of patient episodes progressed reported for 2022 is 153,000. The target for the year was 183,000. It achieved 84% but it needs to try to get closer to 100%. Diagnostics actually exceeded the target by 3%, which is good news. In my opinion, it is not the best way to spend public money. As our health system is in the state that it is, unfortunately we have to use these methods. There was one there that I was not 100% sure about. There are figures for offers accepted and patients suspended, offers accepted and patients suspended - GI scopes, outpatient department appointment offers accepted, authorisations and so on. I am not sure about the category of patients using the NTPF-funded additional medical beds. There is a figure for 2020. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General will be able to explain what that is about.