Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU (Resumed): Department of Health

9:00 am

Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

The chill effect came up in our engagement with stakeholders. At the dialogue, there was this concern that the pause, the interregnum that Brexit was creating, would flatten some of the momentum. I suppose we are vigilant in respect of that.

As regards the people of Donegal, their access to services in Northern Ireland has improved. That is what it is. We are not only preserving something. We are protecting a trajectory of progressing and deepening co-operation. Letterkenny has entered into a number of further service level agreements since we were here in March last year on a range of specialist services that we can provide details on.