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Wednesday 21 October 2020
St John of God considers John Pepper to be paid by private sources, so not subject to pay rules.
Several former cabinet ministers are in line for pension increases under the new public sector pay deal.
The Master of Holles Street believes more emphasis needs to be placed on birth in this country.
John McGuinness called on the HSE’s Director General and the Secretary General of the Department of Health to resign.
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Angela Kerins has told the Public Accounts Committee she is unwell, but Frank Flannery says he simply can’t help.
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Angela Kerins quit her role as Rehab CEO yesterday.
Nicholas Jermyn was revealed to have been paid €136,591 on top of his HSE salary before Christmas.
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.
The four other agencies which were deemed non-compliant last week have now responded to the HSE, following last week’s caution that they would face sanctions.
Angela Kerins salary came under scrutiny last month amid claims of minuscule profits from the group’s scratchcard scheme.
Everyone’s talking about power outages, top-ups and LOVE.
27 agencies have also put forward cases to keep their allowances, the HSE said this evening.
The Dáil’s public spending watchdog has been asked by Lucinda Creighton to examine how political parties spend public money.
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming asked that the PAC receive new information the HSE has uncovered prior to officials appearing before TDs on the public spending watchdog.
The board of the Rehab Group is due to meet next Monday to discuss whether to disclose the salary of CEO Angela Kerins. Separately, Rehab executives will appear before the PAC within two weeks.
Denied by Minister Howlin, she said money earmarked for TDs who are no longer Fine Gael or Labour parliamentary members would be used to make the public ‘vote in a particular way’.
A member of the Public Accounts Committee says they were “misled and possibly lied to” on the CRC payments issue.
There’s been a raft of media reports detailing the former CRC chief’s links with the party since the start of the payments controversy.
“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 chairman of the hospital added that they would “swing around to compliance” with HSE pay rules.
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.
Former CEO of the Central Remedial Clinic Brian Conlan agreed to meet with the Public Accounts Committee after they contemplated compelling him to attend.
The Public Accounts Committee will hear further details about the top-up scandal at the Central Remedial Clinic tomorrow morning.
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It was revealed last month that the group’s CEO receives an extra €136,500 on top of his HSE salary.
The Public Accounts Committee chairman’s comments come in the wake of this week’s revelations regarding the salary of the St Vincent’s CEO.
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee said he found the manner in which the information was released into the public domain by the hospital “shocking”.
The correspondence from Noel Whelan, Chairman of St Vincent’s Healthcare Group states to the PAC that they believe they are “compliant” with the health sector pay policy.
The hospital have told the HSE that they will not disclose payments to senior staff because of data protection issues and because they come from private funds.
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’.
John McGuinness says that regardless of where funding comes from, the hospital should disclose how much top staff are paid will restore confidence in the sector.
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The donations to three different charities were approved at Cabinet today.
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John McGuinness was speaking following this evening’s resignation of the entire board of governors of the CRC.
A steep decline in donations is being recorded, following the revelations about the CRC and other Section 38 agencies.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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Rehab to discuss releasing CEO's salary at February meeting
The board also says they will take legal advice on statements by the Justice Minister.
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