Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tá sé soiléir d'achan duine nach bhfuil sé ceart ná cóir go bhfuil daoine áirithe i gcúpla áit áirithe atá ag fáil pá atá i bhfad ró-ard. Tá sin ag briseadh rialacha an Rialtais. Dúirt an Taoiseach nach raibh a fhios aige faoi seo. The master of the of the Rotunda is receiving a package of more than €300,000. We have the master of the National Maternity Hospital receiving a package of more than €281,000 and the chief executive of the Central Remedial Clinic received more than €242,000. This is when thousands of children with developmental delays and behavioural issues are waiting over a year to see specialists. It is when this Government has so far failed to provide funding for bilateral cochlear implants for profoundly deaf child and babies with tracheostomies in Our Lady's Children's Hospital at Crumlin will spend a second Christmas in hospital - although they have been declared well enough to go home - because the HSE has not sanctioned safe levels of home care. In the mean time exorbitant top-ups are being given, for example, to the chief executive of the children's hospital at Crumlin.

It is not right, as people know if there are savage cutbacks to disability services or hard-pressed families are forced to fund-raise to help provide services for children. Surely the moneys gathered on the campuses or hospitals should be used for services rather than topping up the salary of very well-paid executives. My question is straightforward. How long have the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health been aware of this issue and, equally important, what does the Minister intend to do about it?

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