HSE Performance and Delivery Committee Meeting Minutes 22 April 2022

Committee Members Present

Mr. Tim Hynes (PD Committee Chair), Mr. Fergus Finlay, Mr. Brendan Whelan, Dr Sarah Barry, Dr Sarah McLoughlin, Mr Brendan Lenihan.

Apologies

Mr. Louis Flynn

HSE Executive Attendance

Mr. Dean Sullivan (CSO), Mr Philip Crowley (ND Strategy & Research), Ms. Marie Carroll (Planning Specialist), Mr. Dara Purcell (Corporate Secretary), Ms. Niamh Drew (Deputy Corporate Secretary), Mr. Jaymie Crone (Secretariat).

1.1 Welcome and Introductions

The Chair welcomed Committee members to the special meeting to consider the final draft of the Annual Report 2021.

1.2 Declarations of Interest

No conflicts of interest were declared.

The Committee reviewed with the CSO the final draft Annual Report 2021 (AR) which was circulated in advance of the Committee meeting. The CSO advised that the AR 2021 has been updated to reflect feedback provided by the Committee at their meetings on 11 March and 14 April. It was also noted that the Risk Management section was considered by the Audit and Risk Committee at their meeting on 14 April.

The CSO highlighted that financial data which is to be submitted within the report will be updated to ensure alignment with the Annual Financial Statements once they have been approved and signed off.

The Committee considered the content of the draft Annual Report 2021 and made final suggestions in regard to strengthening areas such as the learnings that can be taken from 2021, the impact of cyberattack on the organisation including the risk to patient information, and the overall area of organisational performance measurement. The Committee also discussed with the CSO inclusion of details on the work with the new Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth needs and the work being undertaken to address long Covid and the impacts it will have on services. The Committee asked that consideration is given to ensuring correct referencing in terms of moving from pandemic to endemic is used.

The Committee thanked the CSO and the Planning team for their work on the report so far. Following the discussion, the Committee recommended that the final draft of the Annual Report be submitted to the next meeting of the HSE Board for consideration in line with legislation.

Actions:

• The Committee recommended that the final draft of the Annual Report be submitted to thenext meeting of the HSE Board.

No other matters were discussed.

The meeting concluded at 16:10am.