Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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157. To ask the Minister for Health his views on governance issues at the St. Vincent's Hospital group raised by the chief executive of the Health Service Executive on 23 April 2015 (details supplied). [17083/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE is the statutory body tasked with the responsibility for the delivery of health and personal social care services in Ireland. In discharging its public accountabilities, the HSE has in place a Governance Framework covering corporate, clinical and financial governance.

In the context of the establishment of the Hospital Groups and Community Healthcare Organisations, the HSE is strengthening its accountability arrangements. The new HSE Accountability Framework, published with the 2015 Service Plan, describes the means by which the Hospital Groups and hospitals will be held to account in 2015 for their efficiency and control in relation to service provision, patient safety, finance, and HR. A new Service Arrangement will be put in place for 2015 and will continue to be the principal accountability agreement between the HSE, Hospital Group CEOs and Section 38 funded Agencies.

St Vincent’s University Hospital is a Section 38 funded agency. Any issues arising in relation to governance at the hospital will be managed by the HSE under the Accountability Framework and Service Level Agreement provisions.