Hospital, charity chiefs get €3.2m in hidden extras

Senior voluntary hospital and agency bosses are receiving “at least €3.224m” per year in 36 hidden extra fees on top of their six-figure salaries.

Documents seen by the Irish Examiner show the huge figure is being paid by the taxpayer to 191 senior managers in voluntary hospitals and HSE-linked charities across the country.

A HSE probe into the issue, which can be read at www.irishexaminer.com, has raised serious concerns over multiple breaches of the “one job, one salary” policy in place since the 1970s.