Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West: Health Information and Quality Authority

2:00 am

Ms Angela Fitzgerald:

The ESRI had a specific role and remit, which was to look at the projections into the future. It was looking with a longer lens. We have to have regard for what its work is. The point about looking at all of the short-term options is fair. In that context, and Mr. Egan made some comments about leveraging model 2s, there is also the leveraging of private capacity. I was very involved in that during the pandemic, when we used to very good effect some private capacity in the short term. Those are things we would absolutely look at.

Senator Conway made a further comment on the minutes. I think I have probably answered all of the questions but if I have missed anything, I am happy to answer.

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