Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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843. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that she has received a copy of the HSE's nationwide review of insourcing and outsourcing arrangements; if she has considered its contents; if she will publish the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37540/25]

Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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886. To ask the Minister for Health if she will accept the HSE's recommendation to end insourcing arrangements in the health service by 30 June 2026; if she will commit to this deadline based on the steps to phase out insourcing provided for in the HSE's review of insourcing and outsourcing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37838/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 843 and 886 together.

The Government remains committed to increasing capacity in the public system and until that capacity is in place to meet the increased levels of demand, it’s appropriate that we make use of all available additional capacity in the public and private systems to ensure that patients have access to the care they need.

In April this year, I requested the HSE CEO to undertake a detailed survey of all insourcing activity within the HSE. The report has been received and was published by me on 1 July.

My Department is working with the HSE to consider the report in the context of moving away from our dependency on the current model and maximising the internal capacity we have within the core health system, while ensuring that patients have timely access to the treatment they need.