Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Damien McCallion:

I can ask my colleague, Ms Crehan-Roche, to come in in a moment on this as well. Essentially each area will determine the priorities in terms of their needs for their population. The teams are set up to address the population needs. They will determine the priorities depending again on the mix and the nature of the children that are in that area.

I would say that it is also influenced by individual choice. When we are recruiting people will determine themselves to some extent where they will go with their jobs in the market we are in today.

Basically each area will determine the priorities within their team. The construct has been set out nationally in terms of the-----