HSE won’t name recipients of non-tendered contracts

THE HSE has refused to name three former senior health board officials who received hundreds of thousands of euro in lucrative non-tendered consultancy work after retiring from their posts.

The Irish Examiner has been told the identities of the officials — who received almost €500,000 in public funding between 2005 and 2009 — will not be provided as no information on “third parties” can be released.

In addition, the dates for when they retired, when the consultancy work began, the exact contract work involved and why it was not subject to tendering have not been made public.