Energy minister appointed 29 people of trust since 2013

Energy and health minister Konrad Mizzi has appointed 29 people of trust since the Labour Party’s election to government in March 2013.

These are an assistant head of nursing services, a chief executive officer, a CEO for procurement and supplies, a chief financial and administration officer, a chief operations officer, a co-ordinating officer, a director of client relations, a director of engineering, a director of human resources and administration, a director of nursing and midwifery services,  a director of resourcing, an executive of human resources, a financial controller, a head of administration, communication and business services, a head of nursing and midwifery, a head of nursing services, a health services co-ordinator, a health strategy advisor, a management co-ordinator for St Luke’s Hospital and Mater Dei’s ambulance garages, a health centre manager, a medical director, a messenger/driver, a migration co-ordinator, a ministry programme co-ordinator, a programme director of health reform, a projects director, and a station officer.

Mizzi, who had health added to his ministerial portfolio in March 2014, was responding to a parliamentary question by shadow health minister Claudette Buttigieg.

Buttigieg had also asked for the names of the people of trust, the dates they were appointed, their academic qualifications, and their salaries and benefits. She had also asked who had chosen each person, who had occupied the position before them, whether their predecessors had been employed on a position of trust basis or after a call for applications, what work their predecessors are currently employed in, and whether the job description has changed since their replacement.

However, Mizzi only provided the list of jobs.