Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

Health Service Reform: HSE

9:00 am

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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Does Mr. O'Brien understand we have been looking at this issue for quite some time and plenty of us have lots of experience? As Deputy Kate O'Connell pointed out, it is not an eye-opener. Nevertheless, it is very confusing. Can Mr. O'Brien imagine what it is like for a patient who is trying to navigate through it? It is next to impossible. It seems that when we look at it from the outside or even close enough to the inside, the structures have been almost deliberately set up to make it difficult to achieve accountability and for patients to access services.