Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion
9:00 am
Michael Harty (Clare, Independent)
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I thank Dr. Holohan. I refer to the latter section of Mr. Quinn's statement, where he stated that clarity on the legal status of the licensing provider is necessary, as is a greater emphasis in legislation on effective governance and clear accountability at the level of the provider. I ask him to expand on that.
I assume that in his last paragraph he is calling for more resources because an expansion of licensing will require a substantial increase in personnel and resources for HIQA. I ask him to deal with those two items.