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

10:50 am

Ms Laverne McGuinness:

I understand the question. Based on what was required there and then, the assessment at the time was that Mr. Cregan would be an appropriate person to go in and act as interim administrator. In the absence of a board, having come under such great public scrutiny, staff of the CRC were very anxious. Our overall concern was the requirement to deliver a service to the people who depended on the services provided by the CRC. In order to do it very quickly, Mr. Cregan was asked to go in as interim administrator.