HSE pays taxi firm more than €1.8m

One taxi firm was paid more than €1.8m by the HSE last year, as the overall spend by the health authority on taxi services totalled €24.8m.

Figures released by the HSE under the Freedom of Information Act show that three taxi firms — National Radio Cabs in Dublin, Sun Cabs in Cork, and Seirbhís Iompair Tuaithe Teo, in Kilcar, Co Donegal — last year received payments in excess of €1m.

However, the overall HSE taxi bill fell by €1.5m, or 6%, on 2011, from €26.428m to €24.861m last year.