Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I thank everyone for being here. I will start with St. Vincent’s University Hospital because it is clear to me that all is not well. I will begin with Ms Buckley. It seems from the latest tranche of letter writing by our new pen pal that there is an effort to try to divide and conquer Departments. This may be a sign of things to come in how we will deal with this issue at St. Vincent’s University Hospital. Ms Buckley has before her the letter of 18 December from Mr. Nicholas C. Jermyn. He states in the fourth paragraph that Ms Buckley's boss, the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, stated the one person, one salary rule related to public sector salaries. Will Ms Buckley let me know if the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is ad idem with the Department of Health and the HSE in its interpretation of the one person, one salary rule?