Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 52935-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the establishment of an interim oversight mechanism pending full rollout of MedLIS and the Regional Laboratory Networks.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: July 2026
Updated: September 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1085, 1086, 1089, 1092 and 1094 of 19 May 2026, which confirmed there is no separate governance structure overseeing laboratory utilisation nationally, whether her Department will now establish an interim national oversight mechanism pending full rollout of MedLIS and the Regional Laboratory Networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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