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HSE restrained from terminating worker's contract
Summary
An E‑Health director at the Health Service Executive (HSE), Louise Callanan, secured a High Court interim order restraining the HSE from terminating her contract on 3 April 2025. Callanan, who works as an Assistant National Director for the South/Southwest Hospital Group, claims she was mis‑described as a permanent employee when she applied in October 2021, but was later told her contract was fixed‑term for a specified purpose. She alleges she was penalised after making a protected disclosure in 2023 about a contract with a health information management company that failed to conduct full data protection assessments. Callanan says she faced unfair supervision, cancelled meetings, and limited budget and workforce allocation. The court granted the injunction and adjourned the case to Friday, with the HSE's letter dated 25 March 2025 cited as evidence of an administrative error. The order temporarily prevents the HSE from terminating her employment.
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What: Report matter: HSE restrained from terminating worker's contract. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- March 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- Thursday, April 3 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 3 Other
- March 25, 2025 Other
- 2025-04-02 Publication
Why: Ms Lynch said her client "by way of context" claims that she had been penalised because she made a Protected Disclosure in 2023 over a contract awarded to a health information management company in that there was a failure to ensure full data protection assessments were carried out. CNI source report
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Outcome: Mr Justice Cregan granted the ex parte injunction application – where only one side is represented – and adjourned the matter to Friday.
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