HSE official gets full €138k salary on gardening leave
Gerard Hurl has been paid over €200,000 since he was “temporarily” replaced as HSE national ICT director by Fran Thompson in Sept 2010.
The senior official was asked to step aside from the role — which involves the overseeing of a €100m-plus health service IT budget — due to his involvement in the independent Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland umbrella group.