Mr CONLAN - 2008-09-16
Under Part A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act, the Chief Executive Officer, after consultation with the Commissioner for Public Employment, can dismiss an employee for providing misleading information. Given that the minister has claimed that he was misled by senior officials about the real reasons for the nurse staffing crisis at RDH, why has Mr Campos not been sacked by the CEO? And, how much hush money is he receiving to sit out his contract, a contract that was only renewed last year by the departmental CEO, David Ashbridge, despite the fact that there were serious allegations against him under investigation?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Greatorex for his question. He has quoted from the Public Sector Employment and Management Act, and he has quoted correctly. It is within the purview of the Chief Executive Officer to determine those matters. We debated that here last week.
His assertion that somehow, over and above Mr Campos’ contract, he is being paid hush money is alleging corruption within the public service, which is not true. Unless he has substantive evidence about that, he should not make allegations like that in this House.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Greatorex for his question. He has quoted from the Public Sector Employment and Management Act, and he has quoted correctly. It is within the purview of the Chief Executive Officer to determine those matters. We debated that here last week.
His assertion that somehow, over and above Mr Campos’ contract, he is being paid hush money is alleging corruption within the public service, which is not true. Unless he has substantive evidence about that, he should not make allegations like that in this House.
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