Hospital Inspections
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-21
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG), Dún Laoghaire

Of course the HIQA report needs to be implemented. Where there are issues within the control of the hospital, the HSE is required to deliver sustained improvement. Where risks relate to the broader intersection of the region, that is what I am trying to work out at the moment.
On 17 February, I met the regional executive officer and regional clinical director for the HSE Dublin and North East region and the integrated area healthcare manager for Louth and Meath to discuss the overall demand profile for the region, the pressures in Navan, the pressures on neighbouring hospitals, the different specialisms and their interoperabilities, and the ideal design of all of those hospitals, recognising the elective hospital, surgical theatre and capacity that that frees up. We have possibly examined this in a way that has been too individualised as regards the different hospitals. I am interested in the best interoperability and how we achieve that while, at the same time, implementing the compliance requirements identified in the HIQA report.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-21