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(1) For the period of 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019 there were 302 Visiting Medical Officers.

For the period of 1 July 2019 – 28 February 2020 there are currently 232 Visiting Medical Officers.

(2) As advised in response to Question on Notice No. 2607, Canberra Health Services has advised that the information sought is not in an easily retrievable form, and that to collect and assemble the information sought solely for the purpose of answering the question would require a considerable diversion of resources. In this instance, I do not believe that it would be appropriate to divert resources from other priority activities for the purposes of answering the Member’s question.

(3) See response to question 2.

ACT Health—staff subsidies
(Question No 2962)

Mr Coe asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 21 February 2020:

(1) What are the eligibility requirements for employees of (a) ACT Health and (b) Canberra Health Services, to receive a Vacational Childcare Subsidy.

(2) How are Vacational Childcare Subsidies managed by (a) ACT Health and (b) Canberra Health Services.

(3) How many (a) ACT Health and (b) Canberra Health Services employees are estimated to fit the eligibility requirements for Vacational Childcare Subsidies.

(4) How many (a) enquiries regarding and (b) applications for Vacational Childcare Subsidies have been (i) received and (ii) approved for each of the previous five financial years to date.

(5) Why are Vacational Childcare Subsidies classified as a General Reimbursement Claim.

(6) What payments are covered under General Reimbursement Claims.

(7) What is the (a) total number and (b) total value of General Reimbursement Claims paid for each of the previous five financial years to date.

Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) Vacation Childcare Subsidy is a common term in all of the enterprise agreements and applies to all ACT Public Service (ACTPS) employees (other than a casual employee or a temporary employee who has been engaged by the ACTPS for a period of less than 12 months) with school age children who make a timely application, with regard to work and/or rostering arrangements applying in their particular business unit, based on their accrued annual leave, purchased leave or long service leave during school holidays that is rejected.


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