David Cullinane
Question:253. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times the Cabinet committee on Sláintecare met; the dates of the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17847/20]
View answerThursday, 23 July 2020
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There is no specific Cabinet Committee in relation to Sláintecare. Discussions of Sláintecare formed part of the Social Policy and Public Services Cabinet Committee B. Sláintecare was the topic of these meetings on two occasions on 11 April 2018 and 22 November 2018.
In addition, updates on Sláintecare progress were provided to Cabinet Committee B throughout 2019. There were health specific meetings of this committee on the following dates 21 February 2019, 01 April 2019, 11 July 2019, 10 September 2019, 21 October 2019, 30 October 2019 and 09 December 2019.
Quarterly updates on Sláintecare implementation were also provided to the Cabinet throughout 2019 and 2020 through Memorandum for the Information of Government, which included the quarterly reports that were subsequently published at the following link:
https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/slaintecare-implementation-strategy/