Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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I might ask one more question and finish. Mr. Bernard Gloster has indicated to this committee that he specifically wants to deal with this issue when he comes in to discuss the HSE's corporate plan. We hope that he will be coming with better news than what we have been given so far. Is there any good reason why these teams are not in place in some of the CHO areas? It strikes me that this was part of a strategy. There are many strategies which we seem to have put in place in health, and in lots of them we do not resource them. There are no timeframes and no implementation. This seems to be another example of that.

We will have the head of the HSE in. He is going to deal with it. I welcome the fact that he seems to be taking a hands-on approach at least. When we are putting questions to him, will the witnesses indicate if there is any good reason as to why these teams are not yet fully up and running across each CHO area?