Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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1094. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the emergency department task force report recommendations; and the recommendations that have and have not been fully implemented in tabular form. [36487/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Emergency Department Taskforce (EDTF) was convened in December 2014 to provide focus and momentum in dealing with the challenges presented by ED overcrowding. The EDTF Implementation Group, co-chaired by the HSE Director General and the INMO General Secretary meets on a regular basis to oversee implementation of the ED Taskforce Action Plan and monitor ED performance. The EDTF Implementation Oversight Group met most recently on the 3 July 2017.

The Minister for Health, and officials from his Department, sit on the EDTF and the recommendations for action as set out have been used to develop key measures aimed at alleviating pressure in ED including the Winter Initiative 2016-2017.

As the HSE is co-chair of the EDTF, and provide the Secretariat for this group, I have asked them to directly respond to the above request to provide in tabular form a list of the recommendations for this group and current status of their implementation.