Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As we have seen this week, that depends on what happens on the ground, but I think that is for another day. I suppose we can come back to this. I am wondering about Mr. Reid's reach into the depths of the organisation from high up in the structure. That comes to the regional matter. Regarding devolving powers, while I do not want Mr. Reid to answer this because I have a local question, how does he, in Dublin, reach into local areas to ensure oversight and delivery? I do not know how that works. My constituency, Dublin South-West, includes Tallaght University Hospital. Under Sláintecare, disability services have been restructured, with the introduction of the children's disability network teams. In CHO 7, that roll-out has had a rough start, with poor communications with parents and a major shortfall of clinicians. As those waiting lists grow longer, how will Sláintecare address the staffing of these teams? Who will Mr. Reid assign that to?

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