Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019

Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act

6. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the substitution of “to the Executive or the Board” for “to the Executive”, and

(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “that the Executive or the Board, as applicable, is not having sufficient regard to such policy or objective in the performance of the Executive’s functions” for “that the Executive is not having sufficient regard to such policy or objective in the performance of its functions”,

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “subsection (1),” for “subsection (1), and”,

(ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “functions, or” for “functions.”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) subject to section 10AA(1) and (3), one or more than one health needs assessment (within the meaning of section 10AA(8)) to be implemented by the Executive in the service plan prepared in accordance with section 31.”,

(c) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “The Executive or the Board, as applicable,” for “The Executive”,

(d) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “or issuing a direction under subsection (4) amending or revoking a direction issued under subsection (1)” for “or (4)”, and

(e) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “The chairperson shall inform the Minister of the measures taken by the Executive or the Board, as applicable,” for “The Director General shall inform the Minister of the measures taken by the Executive”.