Part 10 of the Health Act 2004 provides for the dissolution of certain health bodies and the transfer of their functions and employees to the Health Service Executive with effect from the executive's establishment day. The bodies specified under that part of the Act include the Health Boards Executive, HeBE. Under Statutory Instrument (S.I. No. 885 of 2004) made by me pursuant to the Act, the first day of January 2005 was appointed as the establishment day of the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, HeBE was dissolved and its functions transferred to the Health Service Executive on the establishment day.
The operations and activities of HeBE were incorporated into the project management unit of the Health Service Executive's change management and organisational development directorate.
Broadly, HeBE's annual expenditure was allocated between project expenditure and administration. The bulk of expenditure was incurred on projects. According to its published annual report for 2004, HeBE's total expenditure in 2004 amounted to approximately €15.6 million with the corresponding figure in 2003 being €6.1 million. Health Service Employment census data returned to my Department provides the following picture in relation to HeBE:
HeBE Employment Data (Wholetime Equivalent)
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End December 2004
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End March 2005
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Total Employed
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23.30
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22.30
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