Former CRC chief to face Dáil hearing

The former chief executive of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) will be called to appear before a Dáil committee again after it emerged he retired with a gold pensioned pay-off worth €742,000.

The HSE said he may be asked to give back part of the sum, which was far greater than the €200,000 he told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) he received when he appeared before them in December.

As well as the €200,00 tax-free sum, his final package included €273,336 which was taxable and €268,689 paid to Mercer’s consultants for his pension fund.