Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

Health Service Reform: Minister for Health

9:00 am

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I am very open to the committee's views on this but I am concerned that the current governance situation should not be allowed continue. I am not pre-empting the report but if there are parts of it we can move on quickly alongside that I would be happy to do so. If there are parts that would take months I respectfully suggest and we can engage further on this, that we consider a temporary measure to improve governance because I do not believe the current governance structures are in any way adequate for me to discharge the functions the House expects me to discharge.