Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive - Review of Allowances

2:50 pm

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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How does that sit with the multiplicity of systems the HSE presumably has, with expertise scattered throughout the system? It strikes me that there is no reason the HSE cannot keep it in-house. Similarly, how does it sit with the Croke Park agreement which specifically provides that outsourcing should be a last resort when all other avenues have been exhausted?