Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres

9:00 am

Mr. Paul Reid:

The current service level agreement and the oversight of sections 38 and 39 organisations is up for review next year. That process starts around what the service level agreements should look like. That process will be worked through with the sections 38 and 39 organisations. A new group has been established by the Minister, which is made up of representatives from sections 38 and 39 organisations, the HSE and the Department, to look at the recommendations from the report produced by Dr. Catherine Day in terms of engagement with the sector, working in partnership and better communications with the sector. This has started. The group convened last week. In parallel to this, service agreements are up for renewal in 2020. This will also involve direct engagement with the organisations. This may relate to the Acting Chairman's point on audits and oversight of the sector.

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