Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Health Service Executive: Chairman

Mr. Ciarán Devane:

Yes, it does. We should have transparency and open debate on how to make things better. I am talking not about blame but about asking how we learn, improve and avoid putting people in a position where the wrong things happen. If we accomplish that, public confidence will go up. If we have predictable finances, public confidence and political confidence will improve too. Deputy Donnelly mentioned access, which is also related to this. Our performance will ultimately drive confidence. It is not really an activity in itself. If we get things right, people will back us and if we get things wrong, people will forgive us if we learn the lessons and will not forgive us if we do not.

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