Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is for the hospitals to develop models and to draw on examples of successful practice. The Minister is providing €900 million extra in the health service funding. Under the confidence-and-supply agreement with Fianna Fáil, the National Treatment Purchase Fund approach will be reintroduced. This will allow patients who are waiting considerable periods to get access to treatment on a private basis.

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