Tony Mulcahy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to put this on the public record because it is important. The chief executive officer of Rehab Care earns in excess of €250,000, and the chief executive officer of the Irish Wheelchair Association earns between €140,000 and €150,000.

I ask Dr. McLoughlin and his team to examine this year the corporate structures of the service providers. I expect to see no more than one provider in every county offering a service to the elderly and disabled. I do not see any reason for any more than that. I do not understand why we need six chief executive officers, six human resources departments and six management structures. This is where the money is going. I want to see the money delivered to the client, including my daughter, as quickly as possible. Let us provide the service where it is needed from 1 January 2014 and stop paying the people I have mentioned. We have no obligation to them under the Croke Park agreement. We need to deal with this; one will find there is plenty of money.