Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If we are to top slice, perhaps we should address the large numbers of staff being consistently recruited at the top levels of the HSE directorate. I understand the number of staff at this level has surpassed the level at which it stood before the crash. Is it reasonable to continue to do this?

Finally, what type of organisation does the Minister envisage for running the national framework? Would it be a slimmed down body similar to the National Roads Authority model, a streamlined body that would just guide national policy and let the hospital groups implement it?