Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
9:00 am
Mr. John Connaghan:
I will ask Dr. Henry to speak about the consultants and the specialist register and Ms Anne O’Connor to say something on home care packages.
I refer to consultants who are not on the specialist register.
They all have different circumstances in the context of their training, seniority and previous experience. Each one needs a personal development plan to determine what will be done to support the person to get on the register eventually. That is a good thing. It recognises the previous good work the person has done in Ireland, while also recognising what we need to do in the context of personal, individually-tailored support.