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Thread: Can you guess how many accountants work in the the Dept of Health?

  1. 21st March 2009, 09:57 AM #1
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    Can you guess how many accountants work in the the Dept of Health?

    Can you guess how many accountants the Dept of Health has on its staff?

    The multi-billion budget Department with over 400 employees, and responsibility for oversight of the HSE which is paid to protect the health of the nation, could be expected to know the importance of financial management. Professional accountants have a role there, at least in the normal world.

    In the world of government Irish style, they do things differently.

    You will be able to check how close you are with your guess here:

    Department of Health employs ? accountants- The Irish Times - Sat, Mar 21, 2009
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  3. 21st March 2009, 10:13 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by He3 View Post
    Can you guess how many accountants the Dept of Health has on its staff?

    The multi-billion budget Department with over 400 employees, and responsibility for oversight of the HSE which is paid to protect the health of the nation, could be expected to know the importance of financial management. Professional accountants have a role there, at least in the normal world.

    In the world of government Irish style, they do things differently.

    You will be able to check how close you are with your guess here:

    Department of Health employs ? accountants- The Irish Times - Sat, Mar 21, 2009
    before I read the link, given the health situation at the moment, I'm guessiing NONE!
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  4. 21st March 2009, 10:16 AM #3
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    Oh well, I was nearly right........
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  5. 21st March 2009, 10:16 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dare to Dream View Post
    before I read the link, given the health situation at the moment, I'm guessiing NONE!
    Good guess. Only one off the mark...or one letter off the mark
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  6. 21st March 2009, 10:20 AM #5
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    Why would Mary Harney's department need accountants?

    They have hived off all the spending decisions to the HSE anyway.
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  7. 21st March 2009, 10:44 AM #6
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    You can imagine, comon medical card applications is now like department of justice whereby they will request for every document in these world, which they could actually accessed in their finger tips.
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    How many bankers on the board of the HSE?
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  9. 21st March 2009, 10:52 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by hopi watcher View Post
    How many bankers on the board of the HSE?

    They should all be posted to the department of social welfare and department of justice statute limitations sections.
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  10. 21st March 2009, 02:00 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by hopi watcher View Post
    How many bankers on the board of the HSE?
    Dunno. How many?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronanr View Post
    Why would Mary Harney's department need accountants?

    They have hived off all the spending decisions to the HSE anyway.
    More relevantly, why do they need 400 civil servants who do next to nothing?
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