Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's comments on the UN convention, but will there be additional funding this year to begin the implementation of ideas that civic society and disability groups have put to committees of the House? The problem in the health service is that acute waiting lists are growing. Yesterday the leader of the Labour Party spoke about the waiting lists for cataract operations. There is a litany of such problems. I am sure the Minister sees constituents about the matter of early intervention and assessments, as I do. There may well be a huge gap in that area also. Is the reality that we will have to have Supplementary Estimates in the areas of health, disability services, justice and social protection, among others? Does the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have any process under way wherein it is looking at the formulation of budgets, starting in 2019, to ensure all line Ministers will have enough resources to do the jobs we want them to do?

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