Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Yesterday I asked the Minister for Health and Children about the proposed special delivery unit in regard to the long delays in accessing particular procedures through the health system. I noted from the Minister's reply that he would have more to say about this issue in the coming week, as part of the review of the 100-day programme, yet I read in the Irish Independent this morning - God bless the mark - that it is intended to announce today the ending of the National Treatment Purchase Fund which is to be subsumed into the new special delivery unit. Is the new Government going to make such-----

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