Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration

12:25 pm

Dr. Geraldine Smith:

I refer back to the service level agreement, SLA, which is very clear. Section 3.2(c)(v) states that section 38 organisations that are funded from the public purse shall not pay salaries in excess of consolidated pay scales. There has been much speculation in the media and St. Vincent's Hospital has confirmed that it pays salaries other than from public funds. If we marry that with its obligation under the service level arrangement-----