Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister directs that a health needs assessment be conducted. Subsection (2) then provides that without prejudice to that, the specific requirements of that subsection may include a series of matters. Is that a list of items for the Minister to consider? It does not seem that there is any obligation on the Minister to include them in the directive or on the HSE to carry them out.