Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I know what has been said about it being an independent body but it derives a lot of funding from the taxpayer. In May 2021 it stated the maximum early retirement payment to any individual would not exceed 104 weeks of salary and-or equivalent redundancy calculations and there would be no exception to this. Subsequently in June it paid the CEO €142,000, or 58%, more than the amount payable if the scheme conditions had been applied as stated. Surely the Committee of Public Accounts and the Secretary General of the Department have a view on public money being spent in this way against the organisation's own advice.