❓ A member of parliament questions the Health Minister about the engagement of Alan Piper Consulting, specifically regarding the contract's value, tendering process, and Piper's previous employment history and alleged failures in the Department of Justice. The Minister acknowledges Piper's engagement but cannot confirm the details provided by the member.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ALAN PIPER CONSULTING
(1) Can the minister confirm that one week ago the Department of Health engaged Alan Piper Consulting to provide it with strategic business services? (2) Can he confirm that the contract awarded to Mr Piper was worth $99 000 for a six-month contract and that no other potential suppliers provided tenders for this contract? (3) Can he confirm that this is the same Alan Piper to whom his government gave a management-initiated retirement package worth $276 000 when he was forced out of the position of Director General of the Department of Justice? (4) Why has the minister given another plum government contract to a failed former bureaucrat who oversaw a series of fiascos in the Department of Justice? Mr J.A. McGINTY
(1) Can the minister confirm that one week ago the Department of Health engaged Alan Piper Consulting to provide it with strategic business services? (2) Can he confirm that the contract awarded to Mr Piper was worth $99 000 for a six-month contract and that no other potential suppliers provided tenders for this contract? (3) Can he confirm that this is the same Alan Piper to whom his government gave a management-initiated retirement package worth $276 000 when he was forced out of the position of Director General of the Department of Justice? (4) Why has the minister given another plum government contract to a failed former bureaucrat who oversaw a series of fiascos in the Department of Justice? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
(2) Can he confirm that the contract awarded to Mr Piper was worth $99 000 for a six-month contract and that no other potential suppliers provided tenders for this contract? (3) Can he confirm that this is the same Alan Piper to whom his government gave a management-initiated retirement package worth $276 000 when he was forced out of the position of Director General of the Department of Justice? (4) Why has the minister given another plum government contract to a failed former bureaucrat who oversaw a series of fiascos in the Department of Justice? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
(3) Can he confirm that this is the same Alan Piper to whom his government gave a management-initiated retirement package worth $276 000 when he was forced out of the position of Director General of the Department of Justice? (4) Why has the minister given another plum government contract to a failed former bureaucrat who oversaw a series of fiascos in the Department of Justice? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
(4) Why has the minister given another plum government contract to a failed former bureaucrat who oversaw a series of fiascos in the Department of Justice? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
(1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
(2) Can he confirm that the contract awarded to Mr Piper was worth $99 000 for a six-month contract and that no other potential suppliers provided tenders for this contract? (3) Can he confirm that this is the same Alan Piper to whom his government gave a management-initiated retirement package worth $276 000 when he was forced out of the position of Director General of the Department of Justice? (4) Why has the minister given another plum government contract to a failed former bureaucrat who oversaw a series of fiascos in the Department of Justice? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
(3) Can he confirm that this is the same Alan Piper to whom his government gave a management-initiated retirement package worth $276 000 when he was forced out of the position of Director General of the Department of Justice? (4) Why has the minister given another plum government contract to a failed former bureaucrat who oversaw a series of fiascos in the Department of Justice? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
(4) Why has the minister given another plum government contract to a failed former bureaucrat who oversaw a series of fiascos in the Department of Justice? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
(1)-(4) No, I cannot confirm that. I am aware that Mr Piper has been engaged to work on the information technology development program at the Department of Health, but I cannot confirm the details to which the member has referred.
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