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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Dr. Young makes a good case for complete restructuring of how health services are organised and the chain of command because she gives the impression that everybody is responsible and nobody is responsible. Do all of those people report into the ECD or to the director of services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The director of service, is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Who is the head of service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Who is ultimately responsible? Is it the chief officer or the head of service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I take it then that Mr. Fitzgerald is a member of that governance group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The answers I am getting are very puzzling. I do not know who is in charge of anything. There are all these different line managements. Is it clinical? Is it administrative? Who does the buck stop with ultimately? That is the question. Will Ms O'Connor send us a diagram of the governance structure in south Kerry? I do not want to spend any more time on this issue because it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Who was in that role in that period between 2016 and 2020?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Who was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: When did that person leave that post?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Time is short. I want to ask about the whistleblower, Dr. Sharma. With whom did Dr. Sharma first raise his concerns?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What action did Dr. Young take on foot of those concerns being raised with her?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is this a separate person? Is this a new person that Dr. Young is referring to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am totally confused, I have to say. I do not know who is responsible for anything. The witnesses have referred to approximately 20 different people here - all kinds of different disciplines, including clinical staff and administrative staff. It seems that nobody is in charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What did that person do when the concerns were raised by Dr. Sharma?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I have one final question. Who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that vacancies are filled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, this is my final one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Clearly, for whatever reason, Mr. Fitzgerald was not able to recruit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Did Mr. Fitzgerald escalate that to the HSE centre?