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Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 6:In page 8, to delete lines 1 to 3. Section 16(b) sets out in detail the term of office of an appointed director. The term of office of a member appointed to the directorate is three years and he or she may be reappointed by the Minister for a second or subsequent term. In the select sub-committee Deputy Kelleher drew attention to the provisions of the Bill that...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The new personal insolvency legislation has broad-ranging implications for all such legislative provisions. Having consulted with the Minister for Justice and Equality, who has responsibility for that legislation, having considered the matter in the context of Government policy on personal insolvency, and having taken on board the points raised by Deputies Billy Kelleher and Caoimhghín...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I accept the Deputy's bona fides in articulating her concerns. The historical view would have been that a person who was bankrupt was not suitable to be in a senior position. As we all know, however, life in this country has changed inexorably in recent years, with large numbers of people now finding themselves in financial difficulty, in negative equity and so on. As a result, there is a...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 7:In page 8, line 4, to delete "(e) has been convicted" and substitute "(c) has been convicted".

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 8:In page 8, line 6, to delete "(f) has been convicted" and substitute "(d) has been convicted".

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 9:In page 8, to delete lines 20 to 22.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 10:In page 8, line 23, to delete "(g) is convicted on" and substitute "(e) is convicted on".

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 11:In page 8, line 25, to delete "(h) is convicted of" and substitute "(f) is convicted of".

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 13:In page 9, to delete lines 37 to 39.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 14:In page 9, line 40, to delete "(f) has been convicted" and substitute "(d) has been convicted".

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 15:In page 9, line 42, to delete "(g) has been convicted" and substitute "(e) has been convicted".

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 16:In page 10, to delete lines 8 to 10.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 17:In page 10, line 11, to delete "(g) is convicted on" and substitute "(e) is convicted on".

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 18:In page 10, line 13, to delete "(h) is convicted of" and substitute "(f) is convicted of".

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 19:In page 11, to delete lines 22 to 40 and substitute the following:"(4) Where the Director General is absent the functions of the Director General referred to in subsection (1) may be performed by such appointed director as may be designated by the Director General from time to time, with the consent of the Minister, and where no such designation has been made, and the...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 20:In page 15, to delete lines 3 to 11 and substitute the following:"(b) if and for so long as the Director General is not present, or if that office is vacant, the appointed director designated by the Director General or the Minister under section 16G(4) or, as the case may be, the appointed director designated by the Minister for the purposes of section 16G(5) shall, if...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 22:In page 26, to delete lines 10 to 26 and substitute the following:"(2) In any legal proceedings, a certificate that--(a) states that a specified function was on a specified day delegated or subdelegated to an employee of the Executive, (b) states that the delegation or subdelegation of the function concerned remained in force on a specified day, (c) specifies the...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I regret that the Deputies opposite feel they cannot support the Bill. However, I will address some of the issues raised by them. Regarding the way the directorate will work, it will have collective responsibility as the governing authority for the HSE. In practice, the directorate model will involve a combination of a senior management team working together on major corporate issues but...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: -----and inpatient figures which show that we met our target of one year a year ago and our target of nine months last year, and we will meet our target of eight months this year.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Deputy Dooley finds this highly amusing but he should be aware that we have measured for the first time the number of people waiting on an outpatient waiting list. That is something from which his Government ran away, would not acknowledge, examine or count and did not want anyone to know about.