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Updated at 10.48pm
THE BOARD OF the Rehab Group earlier today revealed the salary of their chief executive Angela Kerins.
After a special board meeting today, the group released a statement outlining the pay of their head, putting it close to a quarter of a million euro.
On top of her €240,000 salary, Kerins has a company car, but Rehab does not pay her health insurance.
Rehab said that it will publish the pay of other top management staff in their accounts next year.
The release of Kerins salary, which is up €6,000 from when it was last disclosed, brings to a close a long-running saga over the pay of staff at the group.
Speaking to RTÉ’s Six-One, Health Committee Chairman Jerry Buttimer criticised the level of the salary.
Buttimer praised the service that Rehab provides, but he said there must be a regard for public pay polices.
“This is about ensuring that the monies given by the taxpayer is spent on the provision of facilities or for service users,” he added.
Fundraising Ireland called the salary “out of touch with the realities of remuneration in the overwhelming majority of not-for-profit organisations in Ireland.
“It is incredulous that it has taken so long for this salary to be disclosed,” CEO Anne Hanniffy said.
The receipt of public funding, and such significant levels of public funding, brings with it an obligation and a public duty to be as transparent and as open as possible about all aspects of an organisation’s operations, including the salaries of top executives.
Last month, the Justice Minister Alan Shatter revealed that the Rehab lotteries make just €9,000 a year profit for the charity. Worldwide, the Group turns over €200 million a year.
As a Section 39 agency, Rehab is not obliged to release pay details or comply with government pay policies.
It is due to release the findings of three independent reports into comparisons of salaries, releasing details and data protection rights of staff. Rehab are also due to appear before the Public Accounts Committee.
Originally published 5.51pm. Additional reporting by Nicky Ryan
All the 8th amendment does is harm women’s health. Replace it with legislation that treats pregnant women and girls as autonomous humans, not Tupperware containers. The rally for lies this Saturday will be interesting.
@DaisyChainsaw: I find these, while no doubt well meaning, a tad disturbing in that the more options and recommendations that are made, the more they’ll cherry pick from and ignore but still be able to quite legitimately say they followed the advice of the Citizens’ Assembly.
That all makes sense. Hopefull the Oireachtas implements the recommendations of the report.
@Daithí Ó Coinnigh: Kenny announced when the Assembly delivered not what was wanted (by the politicians in government) that there was another committee to be set up and ‘consider’ the Assmbly’s output – i.e. Water it down or even better – drag it into a dark alley, ignore it and bull ahead regardless.
Let women determine their own treatment options – NOT politicians!!!
If you’re going to explain the word consensus, don’t do so incorrectly. Consensus is where you arrive at something acceptable to all or the vast majority. Thus, these recommendations are acceptable to the vast majority of the assembly.
Are we going to need new jumpers with REPLACE on them instead?
@Fiachrá Ó Dubhthaigh: repealing and then creating legislation for this is the best way.
Ireland’s obsession with referendums for everything really needs to stop, the only way this can stop is us stopping adding everything to the constitution even when it doesn’t need to be in it.
Repeal! It’s their choice. We are all human and I have no right to tell another human how to live.
@Nicholas J Campbell: we are all human and we ALL have a RIGHT to live.
Just bring it in, make it available for anyone who plans on having one & get it over with.
Nicholas we are all human and we all have a RIGHT to live
There still wasting taxpayer money !
Women are tax payers too and their health deserve to be properly looked after
Nicholasjcampbell we are all human and we ALL have a right to live
The first thing I have to say is “When did 25% become a consensus”. The second thing is ” I believe that the Citizens Assembly is one of the most sexist groups I’ve ever come across. Have men and boys not got an equal right to control over their reproduction . Or any ! This assembly is so biased that it didn’t even mention condoms for boys and men.
This article is either poorly written, or the Citizen’s Assembly was all over the shop.
“These recommendations were arrived at via a consensus (ie a majority were in agreement) of the members’ responses.”
and then
“Between 15 and 20 members calling for a recommendation (roughly 25%) was taken to be consensus.”
If the latter is what they viewed as a consensus, then the must have only a cursory relationship with a dictionary.
“usually in singular: A general agreement.”
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