Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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Okay, thanks. Over the weekend, I took the opportunity to listen to the contribution of Brendan Lenihan to the recent health conference. He made a number of interesting points. Leaving aside the question of the big financial risk involved in the service plan, which is a major thing, I have a specific question. He talked about the relationship between the Department and the HSE, the need to look at that and what that is about. I have talked about the duplication here and where the buck stops. We are now seeing major restructuring of the HSE with the regional health authorities, RHAs. Will there be a corresponding restructuring of the Department to reflect that new approach to the provision of services?