Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion

Mr. Robert Watt:

I thank the Deputy for his question. There were a number of high-profile resignations last year and I was at the committee talking about those on a previous occasion. We have hopefully learned lessons from that. We have a different approach now where the key projects under Sláintecare have been delegated to senior leadership nomination in health and in the HSE and they are working together now to implement that. A board has been established under the chairmanship of myself and Mr. Reid and we have pulled that together. Beneath myself, Mr. Reid and that overall board, there is very significant activity every week by the teams pushing ahead. Mr. Reid and I will review the structure in the middle of the year with the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, to see if it is meeting our needs. Ultimately, it is about-----

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