Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Regarding the non-technical aspects, for example, cloth cleaning and painting, I suggest that we notify CHI of our concerns.

I will come to the agency matter now. I ran a highlighter through it on my document as well. The Deputy is correct. I suggest that we write to the Minister and: note staffing as one example of the issues before us and that the arrangement fee, as the Comptroller and Auditor General termed it, for agency staff and recruitment is significant and above what it should be; here is an organisation that will run the national children’s hospital when it is completed; and this is an issue that needs to be got on top of by the Minister and senior HSE management, including the new chief executive. We can ask what is being done to make progress on this and to ensure that we not end up in an unplanned situation. I imagine that the cost of paying the staff will be much more than what we see on this page. As the Deputy mentioned, this issue signposts how the organisation is being run and that there are problems. We can express our concerns about that. Is my suggestion adequate?