Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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63. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an independent investigation into the performance and service provision of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61349/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The organisation referenced by the Deputy receives funding from the HSE, under Section 39 of the Health Act, 2004.

Section 39 legally underpins the provision of services similar or supplementary to a service that the HSE may provide.  While the Government does provide assistance to organisations that provide services similar or ancillary to services that the HSE may provide, it must be acknowledged that these organisations are privately owned and run. 

The provision of these services is managed through an annually reviewed Service Arrangement with the HSE.  Therefore, I am referring the PQ to the HSE for direct reply.