Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the chief executive designate of the Health Service Executive will take up their position; if the finance director of the Health Service Executive has resigned; the steps being taken to fill this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15316/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Following a recommendation by the board of the Health Service Executive, HSE, I agreed to the appointment of Professor Brendan Drumm as the first chief executive of the HSE.

Discussions are under way with Professor Drumm about the arrangements to be put in place to enable him to take up the appointment at the earliest possible date.

The chairman of the HSE has also informed me that the director of finance has indicated his intention to resign from his current position. The chairman has advised me that a recruitment process to replace him will commence immediately and the situation will be kept under review.