Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive
3:30 pm
Mr. Ian Tegerdine:
That would be possible but I would hope we would not need to get to that level. We would have to understand what level of penalty would get us the required contractual action versus the level of penalty that could potentially damage patient care through income streams. It would be a very delicate balance. It would have to be very carefully considered by my colleagues in acute hospital management. I am not sure what the size would be. I do not want to give the committee a figure, but I think it would have to be a balance between what would provoke action.