John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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874. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in appointing a new director general for the HSE and the re-appointment of its board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36519/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The recruitment competition for the appointment of a Director General to the Health Service Executive is in process. The competition is being managed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). The post was advertised on Friday 22 June 2018 with a closing date of Thursday 9 August 2018. It is expected that an appointment will be announced by year end.

The PAS has concluded the process for recruitment of a Chairperson of the Board of the Health Service Executive and has sent its report to me. A decision on the successful candidate is imminent. A PAS campaign to identify 8 ordinary members of the Board, one of whom will be nominated as Deputy Chairperson, will commence in the coming weeks. This campaign will seek to identify persons with the appropriate skills and expertise to support the Chairperson in giving strong leadership to the HSE in delivering safe effective health and social care services and in guiding the HSE through a challenging programme of change.