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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: It was a number of months anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Was only one individual in that position, that is, not suitable for regular work, but suitable for out-of-hours work?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Specifically, they are deemed suitable to do out-of-hours work, but not regular work. How many?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: We do not know whether more than one individual has been in that position over the years.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: My next question is for the former chief executive. Deputy Neville asked about the background and clarified some of the issues. On the strategic role she now has, when Ms Hardiman was chief executive, was it documented or recorded anywhere that such a role was to be created during her tenure as chief executive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: When specifically was the idea of creating the position mooted?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: A new position was to be created
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: It is fair to say, it was through the mediation settlement process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: To clarify, the issue of the role being created was never documented anywhere prior to Ms Hardiman's settlement process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Ms Hardiman went through a chronology of sick leave, administrative leave and so forth. I presume she was paid her full salary throughout that entire period.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Does Ms Hardiman work closely with the current chief executive on a day-to-day basis?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: But you work closely with her?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Would you have several meetings a week?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: A close working relationship.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: I will turn now to Mr. Fitzpatrick. If was clarified earlier in relation to the legal costs for the settlement. I understand you said a figure of €120,000 for Ms Hardiman-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: That was for Ms Hardiman's legal team. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Can you give us a figure for the legal team on the CHI side?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Would it be of that order, do you think?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Can we get any indication today on the legal costs that were involved on the CHI side?