5. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the recently announced funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to procure medical procedures in private hospitals represents best value for money; if a cost-benefit analysis on this €50 million investment has been carried out; his further views on whether this policy could represent a perverse incentive in the public system and is delaying reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17264/18]

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5. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the recently announced funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to procure medical procedures in private hospitals represents best value for money; if a cost-benefit analysis on this €50 million investment has been carried out; his further views on whether this policy could represent a perverse incentive in the public system and is delaying reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17264/18]

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