Trawl of bank statements to reveal scale of CRC scandal

The HSE is to carry out a trawl of bank statements at the Central Remedial Clinic as part of its efforts to pursue “to the bitter end” issues at the disability service.

The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee has requested that the HSE ask its interim administrator at the CRC to provide it with full details of bank transactions, after it emerged that sums were transferred to four staff members from a company credit card.

As the crisis deepens, former chief executive Paul Kiely is under growing pressure to hand back most of the €740,000 payoff he was awarded after retiring in March.