Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 December 2020
102. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if the HSE and his Department have made their business case to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform seeking consultant status and renumeration; and the operational model the HSE and his Department are proposing in view of the Crowe Horwath report 2018 following on from a previous report. [42510/20]
View answerConsultant status for public health specialists under a new public health framework was recommended in the Crowe Horwath Report on the Specialty published in December 2018. That Report followed on from MacCraith Report that recommended, inter alia, examination of the current and future role of health specialists in Ireland and the attractiveness of public health as a career option.
I, my Department and the HSE are committed to the early introduction of a new framework for public healthcare, as recommended and as also provided for in the Programme for Government. This will involve the establishment of a consultant-led public health model. The business case seeking consultant status and addressing the proposed model was submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 19th November and is receiving consideration.
