Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 March 2023
Committee on Public Petitions
Engagement with European Ombudsman
Ms Emily O'Reilly:
Health is largely a competence of the member states and not of the EU administration. Of course this was a big issue during Covid-19. There have been political moves since then to create a health union, with of course all sorts of incredibly sensitive issues around that. I will get my colleagues to get in touch with Deputy Buckley, and we can explore it together. Hopefully we will be able to help him. I know he is looking for something that is not possible for the Irish administration to solve. If the Deputy could come back to us, I can get back to him and see-----
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