Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Select Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary)

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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That is a fair point because I met someone else yesterday who is in a totally different area and again it is annual rather than multi-annual funding and it is something we need to look at. I have only been in the Department for the last six months and this is an issue that has come up in a number of cases and is something we need to look at, how we can make that decision about it being multi-annual funding. A lot of the contracts people are able to give then are only 12-month contracts, or six-month contracts in some cases.