PAC chair seeking all files on CRC payoff

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee chairman, John McGuinness, will today contact the interim administrator at the scandal-hit Central Remedial Clinic, as he seeks all files relevant to the €740,000 pension payoff for its former CEO.

Mr McGuinness wants to establish when the documents will be available before he hauls the nine-strong former board in for a grilling. He said he is particularly interested in all financial documents, legal advice and minutes of board meetings in relation to axed chief executive Paul Kiely’s gold-plated payoff.

He also wants administrator John Cregan, appointed by the HSE, to uncover all necessary documents surrounding the appointment of ex-chief executive Brian Conlan and the use of credit cards by senior staff.