Healy-Rae daughter gets plum state job

THE daughter of Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae was given a lucrative position on a state board just weeks before her father agreed to support the Government in the budget vote.

Barrister Rosemary Healy-Rae was reappointed to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal for the next three years where she will get paid €272 for each meeting she attends and up to €361 for each case on which she gives her legal expertise.

The seven-member panel of experts was appointed by Justice Minister Dermot Ahern on November 11 to the tribunal which typically analyses more than 200 cases of compensation claims per year. The Government-appointed chairwoman of the tribunal is Sinead Behan, who is a failed Fianna Fáil election candidate.