An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-05-10
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

First, the Cabinet did not take a decision in the past week on this before making sure there was full transparency in all the documents underpinning the Government's consideration and the decision it will take. Deputy Connolly would have been in the House asking that the Government would not take a decision before issues were made public. All of the documentation has been made public and there will be a hearing tomorrow before the Joint Committee on Health.
To date, I have not heard anything that undermines the idea of clinical, financial and operational independence for the hospital or that raises any questions around those services that are lawfully permitted in the State being provided. I have not heard anything really that questions the fundamentals of those agreements.
In respect of the HSE board members, my sense is that the board needs to deal with this because there are more than three members on the board. I am sure Deputy Connolly, at another time and on another issue, would say that the board itself, collectively, has a responsibility to articulate its position.

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Sitting date: 2022-05-10