Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 July 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund

2:00 am

Ms Paula Kelly:

A total of 179 children were seen through that initiative we spoke about. Those children had already been waiting an average of 19 months. That was post Covid-19. The initiative was introduced to see those children quickly. Of those children, 51 required additional treatment. That treatment was completed within four months. By September 2022, all children completed their treatment. Actually they were seen quicker-----