HSE’s top earner was paid €600k last year

The top paid individual in the Health Service Executive received a salary, last year, of almost €600,000.

The person earned more than three times the annual salary of €185,000 enjoyed by both Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the HSE’s director general Tony O’Brien.

The overall spend at the HSE last year amounted to €14.57bn, a rise of 5%.