Inside story: How leaked recording reveals ‘fake targets’ and ‘credibility’ deficit at the heart of the health service
A recorded meeting of Health Department officials featured concerns over ‘chasing fake targets’, a recruitment crisis in the HSE, ‘sloppiness’ in financial reporting and ‘hundreds of millions’ of euro that might be needed to adjust for ‘fundamental errors’ in past accounts
On January 27, senior officials in the Department of Health held a Zoom call to formulate a strategy ahead of a meeting with HSE finance officials and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER).
Over more than 45 minutes, the officials laid bare what they considered to be serious financial governance issues at the HSE and expressed frustration at long-running issues in a health service that received €21 billion in taxpayers’ money last year, ...
