Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
There is more than an implication. There is an indication from a number of senior stakeholders in the system, to such an extent that they resigned. Obviously, they resigned due to disappointment, whether it related to frank exchanges, pockets of resistance or whatever. That is a fact. I asked the question about where the resisters were now, and nobody knows where they are. They could still be buried in the system and could continue to obstruct and frustrate progress on Sláintecare into the future. I do not know. However, the Minister can direct. He is going to form a new board now and, presumably, that board will take directions from him. It is time to let the committee and the stakeholders know exactly what will happen in the future. Will there be changes? Are some of the proposals set out in Sláintecare going to be reversed?
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