Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Let us be clear on this matter. The HSE conducted the audit and established that the top-up payments were being paid. That was done at the request of the Minister for Health. The Government and the Minister for Health are determined to ensure that there will be transparency on these payments so that the public, who contribute to charities, can have confidence that their money is going where it is supposed to go. The Government and the Minister are also determined that the agencies concerned will comply with public pay policy. Each of these agencies will be required each year to sign a statement of compliance which will be part of any arrangement for the continued funding between these agencies and the HSE.

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