Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed)
Mr. Damien McCallion:
In the short term, in the stage we are at with the programme, there is a project control team in place to oversee that and almost to assess that all of those things in terms of the checks and balances are there, and this is alongside the people with the responsibility to deliver, so that they are able, independently and on an ongoing basis, to assess the progress of a project and identify if there are areas where we can try to do it faster or quicker or improve the way in which we are delivering it. That is one of the things. This is at the design stage, and how that develops out will be important as we move into the construction and planning construction. That is a model that has been enhanced and the CEO has put that in place in the case of the elective hospitals in particular, but it is something, when that new appointment is made, that will have the potential to look at how we can support the project. When the work is being done, it is sometimes helpful to have someone looking over to see if there are other things we can do over and above what the team itself is focused on in delivery.
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