Results 141-160 of 629 for speaker:Séamus McGrath
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: Can I get a quantum? What is the value of the insourcing that was done? Going back to the 2021 report, which I understand was not specifically about this issue, what kind of value are we talking about?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: What number of staff are involved? We are not only talking about consultants. We are talking about a range of different staff. What kind of numbers are we talking about involved in the 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: I understand. I am trying to get a sense of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: In total, are we talking about dozens of individuals?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: We are not talking about the same cohort.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: We could therefore be talking about hundreds of different personnel over the years.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: However, it is not outrageous to suggest that it could involve hundreds.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: On the individual who was deemed not suitable to be on-call, but was deemed suitable to do the out-of-hours work, how long did that last? They were deemed not to be suitable for one form of work, but suitable for another form.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Séamus McGrath: I understand. How long did it go on for?
- 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?