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Is there trust that Sláintecare can still be implemented?

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health that two of th...

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17.10 6 Oct 2021


Is there trust that Sláintecare can still be implemented?


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17.10 6 Oct 2021


Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health that two of the senior people who recently resigned from the Sláintecare reform programme did not raise any of their frustrations with him indicating that they planned to quit.

However, the Secretary General of the Department of Health told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health that he was aware that Laura Magahy planned to resign before she stepped down, but did not inform the minister.

Donnelly and Secretary General Robert Watt appeared before the committee to discuss the Sláintecare reform programme.

Neasa Hourigan, Green Party TD for Dublin Central, was at the Committee today and Ray Walley, GP and Associate Professor in General Practice in UCD both joined Kieran to discuss...

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