St John of God continues to defend senior staff top-ups

A charity which awarded €1.64m in top-ups to senior staff has continued to defend them even with mounting political pressure for the money to be repaid.

Despite a HSE review into payments to 14 managers, St John of God has maintained “it is in compliance with public pay policy”.

It comes after Minister for Health Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe demanded that any payments made above the allowance level be returned.