Results 17,121-17,140 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: So why is it taking so long to decrease from the 62-day margin, which obtained in 2010, to 20 days?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I am interested in those who do not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I am not sure that I buy that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I know that there are those who are fully in compliance and I expect that. Those who are in compliance are not an issue for us. It is the ones who are not complying that are causing us the difficulty. One would expect a professional to comply. While the HSE speaks of a reduction from 44 days to perhaps 30 days, and then a reduction to perhaps 20 days, it should note the agreed period is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I know 14 working days amounts to 20 days. However, what is the HSE doing to arrive at the 20-day mark?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: What is the penalty for the outliers or the non-compliant?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Have any disciplinary actions been taken?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: How long is the transitional period?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Is there any other category of worker in the health service who would be afforded such a transitional period in respect of something as basic as doing one's paperwork and signing off properly on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Could I be given an example?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I rather suspect that there are those who work for the HSE who would not accept that it is the modus operandi when dealing with them.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Does that agreement set out the transitional phase?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I understand that but what is the position on getting to that point?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Tony O'Brien has told me there is a transitional phase to coax the outliers into compliance. Is it just a general understanding that they will be brought along gradually, or did that form the basis of the agreement?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I would anticipate that but, in respect of the transitional phase for those who are not yet in compliance, Mr. Tony O’Brien has told me there is a gradual bringing along of the consultants to have them comply with the 20-day period. Is that just how the matter is being handled rather than a term of the agreement that was struck with the consultants?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Does Mr. Tony O'Brien think, for instance, that a staff nurse should be taking a pay cut? He is in charge. He must have a view on where people are at. Should there be a pay cut for a staff nurse on €30,000 who, as he stated, is under pressure and doing more with a whole lot less? Mr. Tony O'Brien is the management guy. The human resource director, Mr. Barry O'Brien, is present....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I understand that. I would have thought that the issue of good management practice, staff retention and morale would be clear management concerns for Mr. Tony O'Brien and Mr. Barry O'Brien, and I would have thought that Mr. Tony O'Brien would have a view on it. Given that Mr. Tony O'Brien is in charge, I also would have thought that he would express a view to Government on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: As the top manager of the HSE, has Mr. Tony O'Brien a duty of care to the staff who work in the health service?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Would that include expressing a view to Government in respect of changes to pay, terms and conditions and the knock-on effect that would have on his staff and on the service for which he is responsible?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: I am not asking Mr. Tony O'Brien to comment necessarily on Government policy. I am asking him a management question. He is in charge, not only to account for the numbers - the pounds, shillings and pence - but also for the good governance and management structure of the HSE. That is his job. I am asking him in respect of his duty of care to the staff within the service. He acknowledged...