Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

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

Mr. Jim Breslin:

It is not anticipated that there will be any break in services. We have confidence in that. Mr. John Hennessy has spoken about the Brexit-proofing of service level agreements, which has been completed. He spoke about co-operation and working together, CAWT, because some of those arrangements are under a co-operation mechanism which we have. We are not anticipating anything in that regard.

I noted early in the meeting that The TimesIreland edition jumped from a general statement about Brexit at large to Secretary General says medicines will be okay but cross-Border services are going to be impacted. I did not say that.