Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What is required is for the letter sent out by the HSE to each of the section 38 agencies to be adhered to and to be seen to be adhered to. We cannot have a situation where those further down the line, who have taken serious change in the restructuring of the health system, have borne the brunt of the situation while some people who have received non-Exchequer top-up payments amounting to, in some cases, more than the basic salaries of those further down.

Top-up payments of this nature first came to light in May 2012, when HIQA published a report into governance at Tallaght hospital and it emerged that an employee of Tallaght hospital was receiving an additional €150,000 in payments since 2005. In total, five senior management staff had received €739,000 in top-up payments between 2005 and 2010.

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