Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 February 2018
92. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he has submitted a request for additional supplementary funding for 2018 to address the waiting lists crisis in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2129/18]
View answerOctober's Budget announced a total 2018 allocation of €55m for the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) for 2018. This significant increase in funding more than doubles the 2017 total allocation of €20m. The HSE and the NTPF are in the process of finalising Waiting List Action Plans and Initiatives for 2018. This will include ambitious targets for both the HSE and the NTPF to reduce the overall patients waiting for treatment. I hope to publish the 2018 Inpatient Daycase Waiting List Action Plan by the end of February.
