HSE accused of wasting €112,000 on settled legal action

The HSE has been accused of wasting taxpayers’ money after it threatened to take the Pensions Board to the High Court over its ruling on payments to an injured nurse, only to settle the case.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Association’s director of industrial relations said that four staff nurses could have been hired with the money used to fight the case.

Phil Ní Sheaghdha said the issue arose due to a nurse who had suffered an injury and the INMO’s belief the HSE did not provide her with full entitlements under the Injury Grant Scheme.