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- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: So it gets €660,000 for administering a fund which does not exist.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: This is bonkers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Does the CRC send the Mater Hospital a cheque?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Why does the clinic not refuse?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: I still do not understand the connection between the Mater Hospital and the CRC, Chairman, except that many of the employees of the Mater Hospital appear to end up in the CRC. There is a connection there, but it might be purely anecdotal. It includes Mr. Kiely. I believe he was in the Mater at some stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: I am sorry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Mr. Kiely just should not have paid it. This is amounting to millions. It is €600,000 for one year, so it will run to millions being paid for it doing absolutely nothing. The CRC could have kept that money and spent it on all the things that have been cut-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: -----for the patients and disabled people. It is absolute madness.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: It makes life very easy for the Mater Hospital. It gets €600,000 for doing nothing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: I thank Mr. Kiely. Can the HSE tell us how many other crazy arrangements there are like this within the hospital sector? Are there others or is this unique?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: It is in the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: That means it has been paying it for ten years without questioning it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Mr. Kiely always questioned it, but he always paid it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: It is a complete rip-off.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Where did it get the figure of 10% to 13% of gross salaries?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: There is much to cover but I just want to raise one item which is puzzling me. It was touched on by Deputy McDonald and others when I was absent. It concerns governance. There is an elephant in the room that disturbs me and should be mentioned, or it certainly deserves explanation. So many of the directors and people in positions of power in the CRC have close associations with the former...
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: The witness can see the dangers of people who have such close affiliations, including the chief executive. These people are making decisions on futures, preferment, salaries and issues like that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Yes, but a large number have political links to Mr. Ahern. That is absolutely without any doubt. Is that true?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: So there are three.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: If these people have loyalties to a political party they may possibly be in danger or be vulnerable to the accusation that they give each other preferment and preferential treatment. That is the purpose of the analysis. I want to be assured that this is not the case.