Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, the plan is for end-to-end care. One of the surgeons at the meeting last week made a related point. He said we are not funding individual surgeries in this regard; we are funding care for children. He said several of these children may have to go in for multiple surgeries and they may need multiple surgeries this year. Thus, the targets are not around individual operations. What we are looking at is child by child, that is, are we putting a plan in place that can get this child, as the Deputy said, the pre-operation support, then the surgical help and then the post-operation recovery as well.

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