Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I share the Deputy's frustration. She is on the Committee of Public Accounts. One of the key reasons that this has gone slowly is that after this transfer, for the first time, the HSE will be reporting to two masters. It will be accountable to the Department of Health for €20 billion of its budget and to our Department for €2.4 billion. I want to be able to ensure that, in next year's budget, the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and I get an extra €50 million to get people out of residential care. I want to be able to ensure that I can see where that money goes within the HSE and where we get an outcome from it. The Deputy wants to see that too in the Committee of Public Accounts. Up to this point, it has not been clear how that line of sight will be put in place. We want to put that in place so that when the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and I advocate for those improvements, we can see the delivery. It is slower. I share the Deputy's frustration but I believe we are close to achieving that and will see that transfer soon. I may speak about CDNTs in my next reply because I know that is important to the Deputy.

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