Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE
Mr. Damien McCallion:
To be clear, the timescale at the moment is quarter 3 of 2028 for the second unit and quarter 2 of 2025 for the first unit. We are still obliged to work under the statutory planning obligations. We did manage to utilise exemptions during the pandemic. Regarding the current situation, we have looked at this with colleagues in the Department in terms of timing. It is not so much the team on the ground, rather it is national planning, guidance and so on that is there. We are obliged to follow that.
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