Committee to probe €51m HSE consultants bill

THE Public Accounts Committee is to question the HSE on the amount it spends on external public relations and consultants.

Since 2005, the HSE has spent more than e51 million on spin doctors, human resources and a wide variety of other management consultancies.

In the first six months of last year, the HSE paid a staggering e83,895 to chief executive Prof Brendan Drumm’s personal communications adviser Karl Anderson, while another personal advisor, Maureen Lynott, was paid e126,608.