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- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Whatever one calls it, it was far above what the HSE had authorised, every year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Every year. Can Mr. Nugent tell me from where that top-up was coming?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: If that person is being paid €242,000, one can.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: One should anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: I do not dispute much of what Mr. Nugent is saying and all the work that has been done in the CRC is fantastic. There is no dispute about that whatsoever.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: I congratulate Mr. Nugent and the board on everything they have done in that regard. I am trying to establish how they can justify paying a top-up for Mr. Kiely's salary out of funds that were gathered by the Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic Limited. Mr. Nugent should answer this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: What did the contract state?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Yes, but about the top-ups? Who negotiated this contract with Mr. Kiely?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Can Mr. Nugent tell members what is in the contract? Does the contract give the board the entitlement to give him a top-up, an extra amount, a bonus or whatever one wishes to call it, which is more than his basic salary?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: How can Mr. Nugent justify paying him €242,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: The clinic got one for €83,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: The previous guy was paid €240,000. The clinic advertised - in fact, it did not advertise - and got a guy for €83,000. Does that not tell Mr. Nugent something about what the clinic was paying Mr. Kiely?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: It is odd.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: He accepted it, did he not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: He accepted one third of what the clinic had paid his predecessor. The average salary-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: The salary was €242,000. There were no other perks such as a car or anything like this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: It was authorised and reviewed by the board every year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Mr. Nugent was chairman of the remuneration committee. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: What did the remuneration committee decide every year - that Mr. Kiely was worth it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: No. To come to that point, the 2012 report stated the clinic was able to cut back on expenditure to achieve close to a break even result. Where were the cutbacks made?