Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Ms Mary Walshe:

I am the accountable officer for the totality of the budget within CHO 9, Dublin north city and county. The budget is over €650 million. From that perspective, I have a delegation from the national director in respect of the total accountability. I am the accountable officer for both the oversight of that spend and the management of more than 6,000 staff within the area. Ultimately, I operate delegation further down to the heads of service. For example, Ms Angela Walsh, who is on my left, has the delegation of responsibility in respect of the total management of €114 million in mental health services. It is similar for primary care and social care. The appendix I supplied has the structure within my area, including the heads of service, their names and who reports to them. The detail of who sits on the mental health team under Ms Walsh is in appendix 3.