Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State's comments about the data collection structures. Does he know how this is panning out in the context of the performance of smaller Irish companies, community-owned structures and so on? Is it inevitable that they will have to enter bundled contracts, perhaps with foreign operators?

What is the budget of the NPS? The Minister of State appointed four distinguished leaders to the organisation - Mr. Eoin Lonergan, Mr. Vincent Campbell, Ms Kathryn Smith and Mr. Brian Brogan, who was responsible for setting up the Health Information and Quality Authority. How many staff work in the office? One or two distinguished local government officials have been seconded to the new headquarters.

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