Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Does everybody within the service know what is expected of them at the present time in addressing the salient issues that have again appeared and reappeared over recent years and is everybody aware of the necessity to implement a particular, specific programme to avoid those kinds of things re-occurring? I note our witnesses mentioned two emergencies. Of course, emergencies will recur, but it is the speed with which we react to those emergencies which will reassure the public and the staff within the said health services.