Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE
9:30 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
It is. This is not just in the context of home care or anything else; it is in terms of the totality of integration. We have two parent Departments. While that can sometimes help, some people argue it causes other issues. However, the primary objective, job and task of the six people I have appointed, including Mr. Canavan, is their one region. It does not matter if there are two Departments. For people with a disability, or with an illness event that might cause a disability or element of disability, the response of an integrated care system means they are treated the same in everything and are considered in everything. To be fair to the Ministers, Deputies Stephen Donnelly and O'Gorman, they are very alive to that. We certainly are. I had discussions with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, about disability services last week. I talked about primary care services and access to them for people with a disability and vice versa.
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