HSE pays pension recipients €92k a year to fill posts

The HSE is still paying recently retired workers on hefty pension packages as much as €92,442 a year to come back and fill vacant posts.

Latest figures obtained by trade newspaper the Medical Independent show that, despite a clampdown on the controversial policy, almost €750,000 was used to bring back retirees last year.

The €721,114 sum was used to pay for the return of 69 people to fill empty posts, ranging from doctors and nurses to administrative and transport personnel.