Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups

9:00 am

Ms Colette Cowan:

To answer Deputy Kelleher's questions on where we are going, groups, autonomy and authority, Saolta and the UL hospice group are in place for four years now in an interim state. We are very clear about saying that. We have had boards working with us but they have had no legislative power. However, they have been very effective boards and helpful in advising us on where we are going. We accounted to them every month as to how we were proceeding. There are varying degrees of autonomy and there are decisions I can make as-----

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