Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2005
142 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the recruitment of both permanent and temporary senior management of the Health Service Executive in 2004 did not go through the Public Appointments Commission; the further reason the recruitment for the remaining two management positions, which were unfilled, will be managed by the Public Appointments Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6527/05]
View answerMy Department has been advised by the Health Service Executive that owing to the urgency in filling its senior management posts the interim Health Service Executive awarded a contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers, following a tendering process, to manage the recruitment competition. The statutory instrument under which the interim HSE was established did not require it to recruit employees through the Public Appointments Service.
Under section 22 of the Health Act, 2004, the HSE is obliged to recruit its employees in accordance with the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004, other than for the three-month period commencing 1 January 2005. My Department has been advised by the HSE that the executive will not avail of this derogation for the substantive filling of the two remaining national director posts and that recruitment to those positions will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004.
