Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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338. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use the European recovery and resilience facility to invest in digital health infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12218/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Recovery and Resilience Facility is funded by the European Union, NextGenerationEU and aims to address the economic and social impact of the pandemic, to make our European economies and societies more sustainable, resilient, and better prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the green and digital transitions.  The Recovery and Resilience Facility is structured around six pillars including digital transformation.  The Department of Health has an approved allocation of €75m to fund a suite of eHealth projects including greater investment in community ICT and eHealth solutions, ePharmacy (including community based electronic prescribing) as a key enabler for integrated care and funding for the national integrated financial management system as part of wider health system reform.

Details of Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan are available at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/d4939-national-recovery-and-resilience-plan-2021/.