Streamlining HSE chaplaincy spend could yield savings
The suggestion came from HSE West Forum member Cllr Brian Meaney after HSE figures revealed huge disparity in what its pays its chaplains.
A Freedom of Information request showed the executive paid over €1m last year and a further €1m in 2010 to priests and others providing chaplaincy and pastoral services in its acute hospital and community care network, stretching from Donegal to Limerick.
