Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group
Mr. Leo Kearns:
All I can give is the view of the advisory group, and we are just providing advice. Our view is that while national frameworks around capital expenditure are needed, the decisions on capital should sit with the RHAs, provided they are working within the national frameworks. There may be national capital projects and capital expenditure, so there will be a mix of national and local. If the RHA CEO needs to spend €20,000 on something, he or she needs to have the authority to do so without having to go through some other decision-making process.
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