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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for their contributions. It has been mentioned that Ms Magahy was allegedly frustrated. I am a little frustrated myself. Having listened to the debate so far, I believe I know why senior people have resigned. When Laura Magahy indicated to the Minister that she was about to resign, did he ask her to reconsider?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Did the Minister ask her if she would be willing to reconsider, given the important job she was doing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Reference has been made to resistance to regionalisation. Who was resisting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: On what basis was it assumed that regionalisation was a threat to the smooth running of the operation that has had to take place during Covid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Did Paul Reid indicate that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Early or later on in the pandemic? In the beginning?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Apparently, resistance to regionalisation is a major issue. Where are the resisters now? Have they taken up other positions? Have they been sent to Coventry or are they still within the system, continuing their resistance?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Is the Minister suggesting that the resistance is diminishing or are the pockets of resistance still there? Why has there been resistance to regionalisation, given that it was an integral part of Sláintecare?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: It was the considered opinion of all, including the Minister, that during the pandemic regionalisation was a potential threat or hazard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Did Minister make an announcement to that effect at the time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Did the Secretary General make an announcement to that effect?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Did Laura Magahy meet with all the principal officers involved on whom she depended in the course of her job and the task she was given?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Ms Magahy addressed a meeting of our committee two or three months ago and indicated that she had not met certain people or they had not met with her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Could anybody add to it such as the Secretary General?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: Has anybody avoided reporting to her?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: That is what I thought. I will continue for a minute on the resistance from within, which, I think, the Minister referred to as well. That is ominous. We need to know more about that than what we have been told. If there is resistance from within and the resistance has not gone away, or we have not been told where it has been sent - and, in reply to a previous question, the people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Bernard Durkan: What level of resistance exists to the realignment of the CHOs with the hospital groups?