David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----which is the last thing we need. Thousands of organisations are funded by the HSE. We have a complex healthcare system, with voluntary hospitals but also all the section 38 and 39 organisations. The business case here, signed off on by the Cabinet, states the HSE centre will approve all service level agreements, SLAs, with voluntary organisations. I am not sure how this is going to work if RHAs are to have the autonomy they need. How in God's name is this going to work in practice?