Demand for clinic board to quit over top-ups

The board of the Central Remedial Clinic is facing calls to resign immediately, after the disability organisation admitted to using money donated by the public to top up the salaries of some of its highest earners.

James Reilly, the health minister, has been urged to intervene after it emerged that the funding arm of the organisation — Friends and Supporters of the CRC — is still being used to supplement the State salaries of a number of staff members.

The admission was made after earlier revelations that the fundraising company had a surplus of €14m at the end of last year.