Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting

9:30 am

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

In part it comes down to clinical governance, it comes down to management governance, it comes down to practice and it comes down to local history in areas. I am saying that the resolution of that is not necessarily in the difference between a national director and something else. The issue is whether there is national leadership and consistency in the mental health service. There is now a far great chance of that with this separation and with the dedicated resources for both children and adults. I am clear that is the right thing to do.