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The woman had claimed she suffered anxiety and distress as a result of her treatment by the principal.
The money covered the pensions of senior staff, including funding a €747,000 pension paid to an ex-CEO.
James Reilly and Charlie Flanagan met previously to discuss the issue.
A solicitor who represented a number of Savile’s victims said that Ireland needs to “dig deeper” with its investigations.
TD Simon Harris said that the Clinic’s board showed “blatant disregard” for the HSE when it hired Brian Conlan.
During today’s PAC meeting, Shane Ross questioned how the HSE could not know about the CRC’s charitable wing. He said it took him just 20 minutes to discover its existence.
Former CRC chair Hamilton Goulding will attend, as will his successor Kieran Timmins.
The Public Accounts Committee is due to hold further hearings on the scandal hit disability clinic next week.
A report found that the CRC set up its charitable arm for the sole purpose of making sure it got as much money as possible from the HSE.
The Central Remedial Clinic’s board were independently appointed based on their competences.
Online survey conducted over last month shows direct impact of recent high-profile charities scandals.
Kiely last appeared before TDs on the Public Accounts Committee in December, but it has since emerged that his retirement package was more than he had disclosed.
A deadline of 31 March has been set for the completion of the report, after which staff will face another grilling by the Public Accounts Committee.
Deputy Simon Harris is a member of the Public Accounts Committee, which grilled Central Remedial Clinic employees this week.
A former CRC chairman said that Kiely worked hard over three decades so “it is not as if he has not been entitled to some of it”.
The bill would see the Charities Regulatory Authority up and running by mid-2014.
The Public Accounts Committee has published the minutes of the meeting where the controversial remuneration package for the outgoing CEO were discussed in the spring of last year.
“You feel disgusted and saddened, but not just for yourself and your child, you feel for the staff of the CRC, they’re so amazing, they work so hard.”
The Public Accounts Committee has uncovered new details about payments and other expenditure at the Central Remedial Clinic.
The Public Accounts Committee has heard fresh revelations about the top-up and pension pay-off scandal at the Central Remedial Clinic with a total of €742,025 paid out in respect of Paul Kiely’s pension and pay-off.
The Public Accounts Committee will hear further details about the top-up scandal at the Central Remedial Clinic tomorrow morning.
Last week it was suggested the €660,000 paid by the CRC to the hospital for 180 of its staff, was going into a ‘phantom fund’.
Minister Alan Shatter has already said legislation for a regulator is being considered, but do you think it’s a good idea?
The resignations follow a request from the HSE for the ‘dissolution of the current board’.
John McGuinness was speaking following this evening’s resignation of the entire board of governors of the CRC.
Public Accounts Committee chairman John McGuinness expressed frustration at the slow process of compelling witnesses to appear before it.
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John McGuinness also says he has “no difficulty” dealing with the Bertie Ahern link with the Central Remedial Clinic.
Contractual obligations, a failing business and a pension fund that doesn’t actually exist – it was an interesting day in Committee Room 3.
The hospital has identified where €660,000 in annual pension fund fees from the clinic goes, following suggestions that it didn’t exist.
The revelation was disclosed right at the end of lengthy hearings before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee this afternoon.
The HSE’s director of human resources, Barry O’Brien, said that the executive “had no knowledge on that” arrangement.
Board members of the Central Remedial Clinic are being grilled by the Public Accounts Committee today.
The expected non-appearance of Brian Conlan, who resigned as CRC chief executive on Monday, is causing considerable controversy.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform was speaking outside Government Buildings this morning.
Brian Conlan has said he will not appear at a PAC hearing tomorrow morning as the other directors and officers know everything he does.
Everyone’s been talking about the resignation of the CRC boss, the major jobs announcement in Limerick and tomorrow’s service for ‘Madiba’…
Brian Conlan tendered his resignation today and has said that he thinks his replacement should come from outside the CRC.
Departing chief executive Brian Conlan did not receive any top-ups but his predecessor got a top-up of €135,000 on top of a basic salary of €116,000.
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