Maire Devine (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 45:

In page 16, line 16, after “allow” to insert the following:“, with details of the expenses paid out to each Board member to be publicly published after each year”.

This again is on "transparency", the word and truth to which we should aspire for this term of the Oireachtas. We have been shocked many times in recent history to hear that board members or chief executive officers, CEOs, of State and semi-State companies have been claiming ridiculous expenses and abusing their position in other ways. It is an embarrassment. If we are serious about transparency we must ensure there are provisions to scrutinise the expenses been paid out of the public purse or from funds from hospitals. Public confidence in what services are provided and how governance is carried out require transparency and openness on expenses and make these amendments important.