Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion

Mr. Robert Watt:

Hopefully Mr. Reid and I have given a flavour of the progress that we are seeing and a number of different issues. An example of it is the waiting list initiative and the multi-annual plan. We and our colleagues have been working intensively on this plan. Some colleagues who are involved are on this call. Mr. Reid and I give overall guidance, which then goes to the Minister. The waiting list plan is probably the most ambitious plan that we have developed to increase capacity and activity. That is just one example. We are trying to continue to develop a good working relationship between the different teams. From what I am seeing, that is happening, with colleagues working together. They are galvanised and motivated. It provides the teams with an opportunity to work on their projects every day and every week, then to escalate them to Mr. Reid and me, and to the board, if there are issues or blockages. We can then make decisions or provide guidance to try to unblock issues. I hope the Government will publish the multi-annual plan next week or consider it next week and publish when it is ready. That is an example of how we are working. That has been an objective for some time, but we are at a stage now where we have a detailed plan. That is one example. I hope that we can build on that this year and in future.

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