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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Kate O'Connell: ...how a budget would have to increase but we should really look at efficiencies that can offer more for less. I commend the Minister on the money that he and his Department have diverted to try to address the fall-off in the HPV vaccine. We often see the Minister at this committee and I feel like he is almost a member of it at this stage. He took this on fearlessly and took the advice...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: ...a citizen who does not believe that we can get better value-for-money for the health service and I hope to be able to move on that shortly. I thank Deputy O'Connell for her kind comments on the HPV vaccine. I thank her and other members of the committee for their leadership. Her professional background as a pharmacist meant she was not afraid to call out the nonsense, myths and...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: ...and address the issue of outpatients having to wait between one and three years for appointments when we know that they should receive treatment is the new scandal. I thank the Minister for the delivery of the HPV vaccination programme. The committee had tried to make traction in terms of the matter but his intervention was positive and very timely.