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- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: That is from paragraphs (3) and (4) which lay out the procedural issues involved. The question I am asking is about paragraph (2) and concerns why the Government is choosing to give such extraordinary protection from parliamentary accountability to the chief executive officer of the HSE. The Minister of State said it would, in some way, jeopardise future court cases. Will she explain how...
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I will leave it at that because I do not think the Minister of State has an answer. The question is a direct one. Extraordinary protection against parliamentary accountability is being afforded in the paragraph to the chief executive officer of the HSE. The rationale the Minister of State has given is that it is to avoid jeopardising future court cases. I do not understand how discussion...
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I know that the Minister of State is trying to do her job, but the national children's hospital could easily become the subject of a future court case, as CervicalCheck currently is. There is the matter of Spinraza and other drugs; everything we discuss is, or could be, the subject of a court case. On page 13, section 21B(4)(b)-----
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: No, I am speaking to section 8. It states the chief executive officer shall cease to be qualified for office and shall cease to hold office if he or she is convicted of any indictable offence. Could very minor offences such as speeding offences be included in that regard? Such offences could be committed, but they may not mean that a person should be fired. I am looking for clarification...
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: It would be an awful shame if a really good chief executive officer did not spot a 60 km/h sign and ended up having to be fired. I am not condoning speeding, but it would be good if the Minister of State could give us a note on what is included as an indictable offence. Paragraph (4) states such a person shall cease to be qualified for office. This is black and white. It is not that an...
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: By whom will the selection process be carried out?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Will the PAS come up with a shortlist for the board, which will then interview the final candidates? How will it work?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: The board will then interview them. Is that correct?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Will the PAS carry out an initial round and come up with a shortlist of candidates for this interview board?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Very well. Who is to be the final decision-maker, the board or the final interview panel on which the board is to be represented?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Will it ultimately be the main board that decides?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Let us say that the PAS comes up with ten names. The interview board interviews those ten individuals and forms the view that three of them are suitable. Will the board then ultimately decide which one of the three is appointed?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Will the board be obliged to take the first preference?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: So the board will not choose. The section seems to say that the board is to choose the chief executive, but it will not do so not if it is obliged to take the first preference. Is that correct?
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: For what it is worth, I am not trying to catch the Minister of State out; I am just looking for clarity.
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Of course.
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister of State.
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I think it does, it just-----
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: No, it is fine. I thank the Minister of State for taking the time. I am trying to understand if the board is to have any say. As I read this, it seemed that the board would appoint the chief executive and, therefore, have a say. However, if I understand the Minister of State correctly, it will not. The PAS will do its thing, it will make a recommendation to the board and the board will...
- Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Very well. It strikes me as odd. It is normally one of the most important powers a board has. The next page indicates that the board will be allowed to fire the chief executive. It seems strange that it will not hire the chief executive, but I thank the Minister of State for the clarification.