Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration

2:15 pm

Mr. Kieran Timmins:

We have said there will be term limits, possibly of three or four years. There will be a number of terms that can be served, possibly two or three terms. We continue to examine the skill sets on the board and where there are gaps, we will add additional areas. We are looking at the membership and, as the Deputy is aware, a company limited by guarantee must have seven members. We are a little bit light on that at present and I wish to echo what Mr. John Cregan said regarding the co-operation of the existing members in terms of doing that. In particular, Mr. Goulding has been very helpful in reaching out to the other members and trying to get that. Consequently, we are looking at that. We are looking at how we will get parents and clients involved. We think they need input into the board and whether that input is part of a group, part of bringing some people onto some committees, whether they are part of the board itself or of the membership are all in the mix in respect of what is being examined. We will seek input in this regard from the various stakeholders.

I am trying to remember for what else the Deputy asked.