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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: I really appreciate that and the engagement with the HSE to try to improve the culture because that is a serious concern. I raised a matter previously and asked CHI to review it. CHI said that the consultant who had caused a lot of this havoc was out on paid leave and that it was voluntary. I thought it was wrong that that person was still being paid and that it was voluntary leave....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: To clarify, is there a difference between administrative leave and voluntary leave?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: Did the individual go by choice or was that person told to go?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: Okay. The next question should not jeopardise that process. Do the witnesses know how much the person is being paid monthly even though that person is not there?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: The person is still on the full pay scale as if showing up at work even though that person is not. A HR process is ongoing.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: When Ms Nugent said it was completed with the Medical Council, are we talking about the same individual?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: I thank the witnesses. If possible, will Ms Hardiman provide me with an outline of how she came to be appointed to the strategic director role?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: For clarity, when Ms Hardiman realised the Minister was not going to approve her reappointment as CEO, did she take legal action at that point to secure her future in the organisation?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: Did Ms Hardiman take legal action?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: Why did Ms Hardiman feel the need to take legal action? Had she not served her time in the ten-year period she was there?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: Ms Hardiman was then selected for the role of strategic director on the exact same pay as the CEO. What strategic gaps existed that justified the creation of that position?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: That legal issue cost the State €120,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: The Chief State Solicitor had to pay €120,000 to rectify the legal issue that was brought forward by Ms Hardiman, which led to the mediation and ultimately led to her being put into a role-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: The Chief State Solicitor's office paid €120,000 for that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: Who was in that role before Ms Hardiman?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: This was a new role.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: Was it a new role?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: Was the board influenced by the fact that it had been dealing with Ms Hardiman for the previous ten years?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: The last time the CEO, Ms Nugent, was here, I asked her whether she felt that Ms Hardiman had the same responsibility now as the latter did when she was CEO. Obviously, as a strategic director, Ms Hardiman does not have responsibility for the thousands of people or more than €600 million budget. Does Ms Hardiman feel her wage is justified?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: I appreciate Ms Hardiman attending and I know it is an employment law matter, but it is really hard for the public to accept that somebody who was in the CEO role for ten years had finished up her duty and has now come back in a strategic director role. It does not aid the image of CHI or the culture that we have issue with. Speaking of CHI, something that is of major concern for me - I...