Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion

10:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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My last question is to Mr. Watt and I have given him a heads up on this. I refer to publication of the cardiac review. That was commissioned in 2019. I was at a meeting of Oireachtas Members from the south-east region when the Taoiseach, Deputy Simon Harris, who signed off on this, was Minister for Health. I know Covid interrupted it because Professor Nolan was seconded to NPHET.

The report has been sitting on the Minister's desk for six months. When is that report going to be published? I have been asking this of the Minister, Mr. Watt and others. We need to see the report. My understanding is that failing to publish the report is having an impact on developing a new national cardiac strategy, which is more on the acute side. When will the report be published?