Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 October 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. Stephen Mulvany:
We are working first of all on those identified as being above the threshold remembering that a starting salary for a consultant is €150,000 to €200,000. We are seeking to identify within that cohort whether there are issues that should not be sustained and we had to figure out a different way to help services to balance the risk of service provision versus not. Our audit and risk committee is also considering in the audit plan for next year extending below the €300,000 threshold to see if there are any issues. We should not be simplistic about seeing what looks like a problem. As I said, the context behind these issues is important.
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