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:
Yes. As the Senator is aware, it is the case that our national ambitions and aspirations at a high level have a practical and community dimension. Our contribution, as a Department and a sector, since our last outing at the committee has deepened and grounded the sense of reality of Brexit. The implications for patients are front and centre of our considerations. It is difficult because of the changing nature of the negotiations to propose communicating with patients, but we will do so as much as we can.