Mr. Barry O'Brien:

The next communication is from the director of HR, Mr. John McPhillips on 19 November 2013 which states:

Dear Mr. O'Brien,
We refer to the above and acknowledge receipt, once again, of the following documentation as set out below:1. Memorandum dated 30th September 2013 [which is with regard to the pay policy].....
2. HSE HR Circular [which is the circular I issued and to which I attached DOH Circular on policy].....
3. HSE Audit Report: Section 38 Agencies' Remuneration.....I have been asked, as Director of HR, to respond on behalf of St. Vincent's to your recent letter to Professor Noel Whelan, Chairman, Board of Directors, dated 5th November 2013 and to draw your attention to the points made in his letter dated 29th October (copy enclosed).
We note that you acknowledge in your letter of 5th November to Professor Whelan that the HSE is not instructing St. Vincent's to breach the confidentiality of any individual contracts of employments. You will appreciate that St. Vincent's Healthcare Group has statutory obligations under the Data Protection Acts to its employees. Further, the HSE and St. Vincent's Healthcare Group have Data Protection contractual obligations via our Service Level Agreement with the HSE.
I now write, as Director of HR, to confirm, having reviewed our files again, that St. Vincent's is compliant with the above Circulars based on our interpretation of same and subject to the issues as highlighted in the next paragraph.......