Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Public Accounts Committee
Special Report No. 83 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Managing Elective Day Surgery
12:20 pm
Dr. Tony O'Connell:
I intend to have the same conversations with the new chief executive officer of the group, Ms Colette Cowan. There is a clear need to ensure the balance of activity between each of the four hospitals is appropriate. There is more opportunity to divest the lower-acuity work that involves a shorter length of stay to Ennis and Nenagh hospitals and, to some extent, St. John's Hospital.