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THE TÁNAISTE AND Minister Brendan Howlin have both commented on today’s reports that some senior executive health staff are being paid more than allowed under official guidelines.
Speaking before this morning’s Cabinet meeting, Minister Howlin said that “there should be transparency in the pay levels of anybody on the public payroll”.
He said that any breaching of guidelines “has to be addressed” and that the HSE had indicated it intended to address the issue.
A story in today’s Irish Times revealed that one in four of the 43 State-funded voluntary hospitals and health agencies are breaching official policy when it comes to how much they pay senior executives.
New Department of Health figures show that some senior health staff are receiving pay packages of “well over €200,000″ per year. This includes their salaries plus top-up payments.
Howlin said that there is an “opaqueness” about what some are paid in the health sector, and that should be clarified, and “we should know exactly what people are paid”.
He also said that there should not be “top-ups” on pay.
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Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said this morning that the government has guidelines on pay in the public sector, and on publicly-funded bodies, “and we want to see those guidelines complied with”.
He said that the Department of Health has been undertaking a study of the levels of pay in the health service to establish if they are complying with the government’s guidelines.
The study has not been completed yet and he said he will base his judgement on what comes out in the study.
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Even explosive devices go around in groups in Tallaght…………
One day we will tune in to Six One News and it will say “Good Evening, it’s Six One News with ……. Nobody was shot in Dublin today and no pipe bombs were dealt with by the army” As it is this is what we have come to expect and now the animals don’t even care about children. Sad.
I thought he was firing those rockets into the sea. He’s got some explaining to do . Thankfully nobody hurt.
Lol Some people prob wont get the joke!!!
The Dublin bomb squad should go over to Iraq and teach them how to disarm bombs. Plenty practice!!!!
Can you get an IDA grant for opening a bomb factory?
Cough cough “Gilligans crew” cough cough.
Wow dublin is like Chicago in the 1920s and 30s
Yes but Chicago jailed their criminals for tax evasion where we elected them to represent us in the dail .
Tallagh trash
Cheers for that.
Where is Tallagh ? Or did you mean Tallaght.
A rather silly comment to make des.
Des you know where you can put that comment
Des could you please explain why you referred to all of Tallaght people as trash have you ever been to Tallaght ?
And your from where des??
Ignore the likes of Des. He is probably living in some leafy suburb deprived of such facilities as our wonderful Hospital that saved me from cancer, our Civic Theatre, National Basketball Arena, one of Ireland’s top public Library’s, Swimming Pools, Square Shopping Centre and numerous other facilities, most of which have been provided and continue to be maintained by a vibrant and very special community whose spirit is a lot stronger than any other thug or critic.
If you don’t like it Go home you don’t have to stay here
AS#HOLE!
Looked like my comment was not put under the AS#HOLES that I wanted it to! My AS#HOLE comment was meant for ‘des papazian’, like his name, his comments make no sense!
SORRY! Not with it today, my previous comment could easily refer to Stevie Leslie also! Pathetic comments from a pathetic pair……….. of AS#HOLES!
Des you wouldn’t say that in Tallaght now would you.
Des there are plenty of lovely people living in Tallaght so keep your smart comments to yourself or better again if you don’t like it go home .
Yes Clyon so dont come to close
Just let bombs go off.may improve the kip and take sum skum with it
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