National MP Jami-Lee Ross has used Parliamentary privilege to claim an audit has uncovered “unauthorised and excessive” use of hundreds of thousands of dollars at Counties-Manukau District Health Board.
Speaking under the legal protection afforded by parliamentary privilege, Ross said he had information about an internal audit of the DHB which showed “identified remuneration and benefits paid to a senior DHB executive which were either unauthorised, excessive or unjustified, and multiple areas where that executive exceeded their delegated financial authority. The word ‘fraudulent’ also appears in the report”.
Ross also questioned whether Health Minister David Clark’s decision to remove two board members from the DHB was related to the audit – something Clark has denied.
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