Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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199. To ask the Minister for Health the basis for the use of the figure of €3.69 billion in the headline in relation to his press statement launching the Sláintecare implementation and action plan on 12 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27081/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The new Sláintecare Implementation Strategy & Action Plan 2021-2023 was approved by Government on 12 May 2021. The figure of €3.69 billion referred to at the time of the launch relates to the continued funding of the Strategy and Action Plan through 2022 and 2023 at the same level of 2021 where Budget 2021 allocated €1.23 billion to the implementation of Sláintecare.