Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority
2:00 am
Ms Angela Fitzgerald:
It is one of the areas the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, has asked for our input on and that he is prioritising. It is a principle of regulation that you have to able to hold accountable people to account. That is a fundamental principle. I understand that, following the crisis, the Central Bank looked at the whole area of probity with particular regard to director accountability. This is one of the areas on which the Minister of State has engaged with us and at which he is looking. At the simplest level, we want to ensure the regulatory framework we have is effective. If control and accountability are outwith the provider, we need to have a means-----
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