Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013
10:00 am
Mr. Pat Healy:
I reassure the Deputy that last December we published a safeguarding policy and are rolling it out. A fundamental element of the implementation of the policy is that we have safeguarding teams and we support people who wish to speak out. We are trying to drive the no-tolerance approach throughout the sector. It is very clear that it is necessary. The director general established a confidential recipient as part of the process to encourage and bring confidence into the system so that people would feel encouraged to speak out. The message we are trying to communicate is that there is support for people who want to speak.
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