Flannery paid €409k by Rehab since 2006

Ex Rehab boss and Fine Gael adviser, Frank Flannery, has received €409,000 from the charity since leaving in 2006 — almost all of which was signed off by Angela Kerins and not the group’s finance director.

Figures detailed at the Dáil Public Accounts Committee show the massive sum was paid out for consultancy work and lobbying by the official.

Information supplied by the group after months of delays confirms Mr Flannery received €409,744 from 2007 to 2013, either paid directly or via his firm Laragh Consulting — far higher than previously suggested.