HSE Paul Reid

In a statement released this morning, Reid said he will be leaving the HSE role on Monday, 3 October, before taking up a period of annual leave. “I'll truly ...

Throughout the pandemic, Paul played a critical role in leading Ireland’s response to the greatest health emergency of our times. I'll truly miss leading the most committed workforce in the country in some of the toughest of times. Having led teams in the private,not for profit,central & local government and health sectors,I now want to spend some time with my family. This has been truly inspirational for me to experience.” [@HSELive]and the Minister for Health that I will step down as CEO later this year. He also said at the time that he had no immediate career plans.

A senior Fianna Fáil TD said Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt should be put in charge of the HSE in order to justify his €300,000 a year ...

"The HSE and the department should have one chief executive overseeing healthcare in Ireland. "But once again, I want to say that this has been a really tough decision for me to make. The Offaly TD added: "The HSE and the Department of Health need to be restructured to look at health in two ways, acute and community, rather than in the current method which appears to look at healthcare with 57 different varieties of views, structures and teams." Mr Cowen, a former Cabinet minister, said that it is "time to end this arm’s length separation of the HSE and the Government", describing the establishment of the HSE as a "good idea executed badly". It is time to end the political footballs between the department and the HSE and reform services for the patients," he said. Barry Cowen has called for the Government to use the departure of Mr Reid in October to "finally end the dysfunction between the Department of Health and the HSE" and appoint Mr Watt as secretary general of the HSE as well as the department.

The Dubliner announced in June his plans to leave the position which he has held since 2019.

Mr Reid said at the time: "Having led teams in the private, not-for-profit, central and local government and health sectors, I now want to spend some time with my family." He added: "It has been truly rewarding leading an organisation whose staff come to work every day to make people's lives better. "But once again, I want to say that this has been a really tough decision for me to make. Mr Reid announced in June that I'll then take up a period of annual leave. Taking to social media, Mr Reid wrote: "Following earlier notification at end June 2022, I've advised staff in @HSELive that I will be stepping down as CEO on October 3rd.