Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive

5:15 pm

Dr. Geraldine Smith:

We were notified of six. Actually, let me clarify. For one individual, the CEO, there was a HSE-funded salary, a CRC-funded salary and a CRC-funded allowance. For another individual, there was only a HSE-funded salary. For a third individual, there was a HSE-funded salary and a CRC-funded salary. There was the same for a fourth individual. For two other individuals, there were HSE-funded salaries and CRC-funded salaries. There was also a contribution to an employer's private pension fund in respect of the CRC-funded element. The CRC stated that the non-public part of the funding came from CRC's own resources and not Exchequer funding and that the funding of employer pension contributions was proportionate to the salary breakdown. We have identified that the proportions of the CRC-funded salaries were approximately €32,000 for the CEO and €8,000 for the other individuals. The CRC also informed-----