Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion

Mr. Robert Watt:

I do not have my email client in front of me and I cannot recall every single word or sentence of what I stated to Mr. Reid. From recollection, I think what I said was well summed up by Mr. Reid earlier. There are national strategies and objectives - things done at a national level - and then things done at a local or regional level. We need to ensure the structures enable the centre to deliver nationally in all the different ways Mr. Reid has touched on. This must be done in order to ensure the regional and local structures enable people to reform, change and deliver, as they know best on the ground how to deliver that care.

I am trying to recall what I meant by the email and maybe it should have been worded better. I meant that initially we are not going to focus on a significant restructuring of the centre or a transfer of responsibilities currently undertaken at a national level or at the centre to the regions. The focus is more on the horizontal integration and change between-----