Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----that consideration over the next day or two. On the other point, I understand that an executive search or some headhunting has begun already. The delay in placing the advertisement was related to the fact that the Department of Health wanted to define the role. There is a reform programme underway - it was set out in the Sláintecare report - to restore a HSE board and to retain the HSE as a body in place. The delay in advertising for the position was simply because the Department wanted to get it right and make sure that the position and its responsibilities were clear in respect of the advertisement being put in. Some initial work, however, has been done already on the executive search.

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