Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 322: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if any senior staff of the HSE or health boards have been retained as consultants while on career breaks from their posts; if so, the positions or grades concerned; the rate of remuneration for any such persons retained and the way in which this compares with their original pay grades; the guidelines which govern such procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11133/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Act 2004 provides for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the management of the executive's human resources.

My Department has, therefore, requested the acting national director of human resources in the HSE to investigate the matters raised by the Deputy on the retention of senior staff of the HSE and health areas as consultants while on career breaks and reply directly to her.