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7357 - Treasurer - ICARE

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Finance and Small Business representing the Treasurer

(1) Has icare resumed paying bonuses?

(a) If so, please list how much has been paid to each person by their job title?

(2) Has icare’s board agreed to any key performance indicators (“KPIs”) with the icare Choef Executive Officer (CEO)?

(a) If so:

(i) Please list the KPIs?

(ii) Has the CEO met them?

(iii) When were the KPIs most recently assessed?

(iv) When will they be next assessed?

(3) Has icare’s board agreed KPIs with the icare General Executive (Workers Compensation)?

(a) If so:

(i) Please list the KPIs?

(ii) Has the General Executive (Workers Compensation) met them?

(iii) When were the KPIs most recently assessed?

(iv) When will they be next assessed?

(4) Has icare hired a new Head of Engagement?

(a) If so:

(i) Who was the successful candidate?

(ii) What was the process used to identify this candidate?

(iii) Who does the head of engagement report to?

(iv) Who in iCare authorised the hiring decision?

(5) How many times has icare used the exemption under the Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer exemption, to part 11 of the Public Works and Procurement Act 1912, per section 154a(4) of the Workers Compensation Act 1987?

(a) Please list each use of this exemption?

(b) Why were these exemptions used?

(c) Was each exemption approved by the board?
Answer -

(1) No.

(a) N/A

(2) Yes.

(a) 

(i) Please see Tab A. It should be noted that some metrics require baseline results from new surveys that have been deployed and are awaiting results.

(ii) The KPIs cover an 18-month period inclusive of FY22. Outcomes will not be known until then.

(iii) The Board discusses the CEO’s performance on a regular basis. A formal discussion and assessment of the CEO’s performance against his KPIs will be conducted by the Board at the end of the performance year, following finalisation of results.

(iv) See response to 2 (a)(iii).

(3) Yes.

(a) 

(i) Please see Tab B. It should be noted that some metrics require baseline results from new surveys that have been deployed and are awaiting results.

(ii) The KPIs cover a period inclusive of FY22. Outcomes will not be known until then.

(iii) The CEO provides feedback to the Group Executive, Workers Compensation on her performance on a regular basis. An informal review and performance discussion will take place mid-year, followed by a formal discussion and assessment of performance that will take place at the end of the performance year, following finalisation of results.

(iv) See response to 3 (a)(iii).

(4) No.

(a) 

(i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

(iv) N/A

(5) In August 2020, the icare Board instructed icare management that the Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer exemption, to part 11 of the Public Works and Procurement Act 1912, per section 154a(4) of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, may no longer be utilised to procure goods and services unless the express authorisation of the Board is obtained, and only in exceptional circumstances.

  This position was formalised in icare’s Procurement Policy in November 2020 and in icare’s Procurement Approvals Framework in July 2021. Noting this, there have been nine instances where the Board approved contracts under the NI exemption for the period of September 2020 - 20 September 2021. The majority of these have been for the purposes of extending existing contracts that exist for the purposes of enabling time to remediate with a fully compliant RFP at a later date.

 All active contracts, including those that were previously listed with a zero total value, are listed on the NSW eTendering website in line with requirements under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.
Attachments -

Question asked on 2 September 2021 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 576
Answer received on 23 September 2021 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 591

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