€669k a year to phantom fund at Mater

The Central Remedial Clinic is paying €669,000 a year into a “phantom” Mater Hospital pension fund officials believe should have ended a decade ago.

The situation was detailed during the latest day of revelations for those dependent on the under-fire disability group.

During a five-hour Dáil grilling, CRC officials revealed the group’s ex-CEO received a €200,000 retirement lump sum from charitable donations and that one-sixth of all donations are spent on top-ups for just a handful of staff.