Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate
Mr. Ciar?n Devane:
I will separate from that agency staff who may be doing particular work. We have to be less reliant on external consulting capability. There will be a place for it but it is much more likely to be where we need two people with specific skills for three months rather than putting ten people on a problem for six months. We have to stop that for a number of reasons. One is it is not efficient. Two is that you have to own the solution yourself. If we need the capability to supplement our own great people, who are genuinely great, to work through and find the right solution by setting up a working group with help which will come back quickly with a decision, it is just a better way of working.
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