Hospital trusts legislation
Jack Chambers asked whether legislation governing hospital-trust board appointments would proceed or whether interim administrative arrangements would continue. The Tánaiste could not answer immediately and undertook to revert.
I asked the previous Minister for Health a parliamentary question regarding the process of board appointments for the new hospital trusts established by the previous Government and continued by this Government. The response was that it would continue "pending the enactment of legislation" and the trust would operate on an administrative basis, with appointments made on an administrative basis. Is it the intention of Government to continue to progress legislation in this regard or will it continue with its current interim arrangement around the appointment of people to these hospital trusts?
Comment on this
The Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, has left. I will have to revert to Deputy Chambers on that. I do not know what the arrangements are but the heads of the Bill in regard to the children's hospital will be published in July.
Comment on this
It is not about the children's hospital but about hospital trusts.