Duncan Smith
Question:362. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of allocations of spending under the waiting list action plan to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45945/23]
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For 2023, funding of €363 million was allocated to the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, comprising €150m for the NPTF, €90m for the HSE and NTPF for additional short-term measures of a once-off nature and €123m to progress longer-term reforms to sustainably enhance capacity.
As at the end of August,
• the NTPF had drawn down €90m out of its €150m budget allocated to procure additional capacity to reduce waiting lists.
• c.€53m had been spent on providing additional activity in Acute hospitals and €16m has been spent to reduce Community waiting lists from the €90m provided for short term measures.
• c. €28m of the recurrent funding had been spent on enhancing hospital group capacity, modernised care pathway and priority areas. The approved funding associated with the longer-term measures takes account of the full year costs associated with the additional staffing required for these reforms. This recruitment will take place across a 1-2 year period and as such, the full €123m would never be required in Year 1.