‘Cynical’ hospital reveals top-up details

St Vincent’s Hospital Group has been accused of “cynical and scandalous” behaviour after waiting until last night to reveal its chief executive more than doubles his salary with privately funded top-ups.

The hospital published a letter at about 7.30pm last night which disclosed that its chief executive, Nicholas Jermyn, received a publicly funded salary of €136,282 and also received a private pay packet of €136,591 and a car allowance of €19,796.

The letter also said that SVHG’s director of finance gets a €32,544 private top up to a €108,332 salary and its director of nursing gets a €14,853 supplement to a HSE approved rate of €81,552. Four other staff members receive lesser top ups.