Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Again, to bring it back to an Irish context and in regard to senior leadership positions here, which is where the person appointed to this post following the open competitive process will be based, just over two years ago there was a failed attempt to fill the role of CEO of the HSE. That is a pretty sobering fact which we all must bear in mind. When I look at the performance of the current incumbent in the HSE and the leadership that is provided - no doubt the Deputy does not agree with that salary either, as is his right - to me, the quality of that leadership and its value is immense. If we can get someone -----

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