Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 March 2015
490. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a conflict of interest arises in respect of the chief executive officers of hospital groups being appointed by the Health Service Executive to manage the resources, assets and staffing of hospital groups containing both Health Service Executive hospitals and non-Health Service Executive hospitals; and, if so, the measures being put in place to mitigate that conflict. [13173/15]
View answerThe HSE has a Governance Framework in place covering corporate, clinical and financial governance. The HSE Accountability Framework sets out the accountability of the Hospital Group CEOs to the National Director and the CEOs of Section 38 agencies to Hospital Group CEOs. Service Level Arrangements (SLAs) will continue to be the principal accountability agreement between the Hospital Group CEOs and the voluntary hospitals in the Group.
In relation to your query regarding any conflicts of interest, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
