Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the question. We are talking about two different sets. One was an advisory group and the other is an implementation group. SIAC, the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council, had a three-year term and was due to finish up on 24 October. This group did not report into me but reported into the director of Sláintecare and I was not aware of any further meetings being scheduled. Perhaps there was an intention to schedule more meetings but to the best of my knowledge I was not aware of any further meetings that were scheduled. That group was essentially finishing its agreed term in the next few weeks, in any event.

I am doing two things. I am setting up a new advisory group to advise specifically on regionalisation. Regionalisation had been identified by a great number of people-----