Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if workers in the health service are obliged to make declarations under the Standards in Public Office Acts; and if so, the criteria for same. [2744/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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All positions of employment in the Health Service Executive across all grade categories where the minimum salary point is equal to or above the minimum point of Grade VIII have been prescribed in regulations as designated positions of employment for the purposes of the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001. Employees of the HSE who occupy designated positions of employment are required under section 18 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 to make an annual statement of interests (if any). The interests concerned are the interests of the person, and the interests, of which the person has actual knowledge. This also includes the interests of his or her spouse or civil partner or a child of the person or of his or her spouse, which could materially influence the person in the performance of his/her official functions.  Where a person has an interest to disclose, he/she must furnish his/her statement to the Director General of the HSE. Section 18 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 also requires a person who occupies a designated position of employment in the HSE who has a material interest in a function of his or her position to be performed to prepare and furnish a statement in writing of those facts to the Director General of the HSE. The person should not perform the function unless there are compelling reasons requiring him/her to do so. If the person proposes to perform the function, he/she should, before doing so or, if that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as possible afterwards, prepare and furnish a statement in writing of the compelling reasons to the Director General of the HSE.