Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Deputy very much. The first and simple answer is because the role does not exist any more. The role of hospital group chief executive does not exist. The role of CHO chief executive does not exist. This is not the same as someone being on administrative leave and simply moving from one permanent post to another. The role that the individual occupied is gone.

The second point is that while I am not a contract lawyer, I imagine that any move in the middle of a disciplinary process, other than what would be taking place, could be argued as prejudicial to the investigation.