HSE staff overpaid by €1.7m last year

The HSE overpaid staff by more than €1.7m last year as a direct result of serious administrative errors — but are unlikely to be able to get any of it back.

Figures supplied by HSE chiefs confirm that, despite the fact hospitals and other services are struggling to give patients the care they need, the significant sums are being wrongly paid out.

Details obtained by trade newspaper Irish Medical News show that between January and December of last year, an average of €4,728 in extra pay packets were accidentally given out.