Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion
10:00 am
Mr. Stephen Mulvany:
As the CEO said, the hospital group and regional executive officer accept and have provided the necessary assurance that we are all clear, regardless of the pressure on service and activity, that the basics of probity, including competitive procurement, have to be complied with. They have confirmed that no further non-competitive procurements have been put in place around such initiatives since that happened. It is now a standing item on their agenda and they are working with our national procurement team to bring those current contracts into compliance. As the CEO said, it is an important issue, they have accepted that, and they have provided the necessary assurance.
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