Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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These are great questions for an Opposition Deputy to ask a Government Deputy in the local constituency. I am sure doing so produces great clips for social media showing the Minister in the position of not being able to confirm certain things. My colleagues from the most senior levels of the HSE who are here today have procedures and processes that they need to follow. My advice to Purple House Cancer Support, both as a constituency Deputy and the Minister for Health, is the same today as it was yesterday, the day before and the day before that. It should follow the process, meet local HSE officials and provide the information that the chief officer of the HSE requires and has requested in a letter. I believe progress could then be made-----