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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It is fine to say it but who is actually doing that and who is reporting on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there a schedule that needs to be met on a weekly basis to ensure those commitments are adhered to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It would be very helpful if the Oireachtas committee, for the benefit of the public, got updates on that on a regular basis. Something like 14 months elapsed between our meeting with the board the last time and virtually no progress was made. Can the Department provide us with those updates, say, on a monthly basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That would be good. I want to move away from the physical provision of the hospital to look at arrangements for the transition to a new, merged hospital and the proposals for the functioning and operation of that hospital. We know from an RTÉ report that the HSE commissioned a confidential report from KPMG on the preparedness of the different players to function properly in a major...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: They are very significant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Newpark Healthcare is a company expert in commissioning. That is somewhat different to merging the existing entities of the three children's hospitals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Commissioning is a physical thing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Who is dealing with the cultural issues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is that a full-time role?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is that person employed by CHI?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The KPMG report was very critical of the fact that there was not a permanent CEO and I am wondering what the Minister is doing in this respect. Additionally, at staff and management levels in the three existing hospitals, the report found that staff and management were overwhelmed because of the pressures on the hospitals. In fact, very little time and attention was being paid to the merger...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It is not satisfactory that the post is an interim one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It is not a reflection on the individual. It is just a question of how all of this can be managed and a merger at the same time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister considering appointing a CEO?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there Government approval for the appointment of a permanent CEO?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Why have we still got an interim person then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: A recruitment process is under way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Yes, but the Minister has control of that, does he not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Why is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Yes, sure.