Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
I will deal with the confidence question and Dr. Henry will deal with the neurology question. I will try to touch on scoliosis. On confidence, I do not wish this to sound like anything other than an absolutely clear answer. I have confidence in the new CEO who has gone into CHI and in her ability. The new board interventions the Minister has made give me confidence in the organisation to manage at the moment. I want to be clear. I have said in many different fora that I believe the entity is seriously challenged. We have a way to go to see whether the entity is sustainable or not in the long term. That is ultimately a decision for the Government to make. In the meantime, I would put fairly strong systems of support from the HSE directly around CHI to deal some of the challenges the Senator is talking about, so, de facto, we are much more involved.
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