€3m loan given to Central Remedial Clinic helped pay ex-CEO’s pension

A €3m loan given to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) by its fundraising body that was subsequently written off, partially funded the pension of the clinic’s former chief executive Paul Kiely.

It was confirmed yesterday that the body, Friends and Supporters of the CRC, agreed to write off a loan of €3m it advanced three years ago to the CRC to meet its pension liabilities.

The CRC, a Dublin care centre for people and children with disabilities, was engulfed by controversy in late 2013 and early 2014, over pension top up arrangements given to former staff.