St John of God paid thousands in salary top-ups

The behaviour of St John of God (SJOG) in paying hundreds of thousands in secret salary top-ups and lump sum compensation to senior managers to circumvent public pay policy has raised “fundamental issues of trust” with its funder, the HSE.

In an internal audit, released yesterday, the HSE warned the disability service provider needed to address its concerns “having regard to the contractual terms upon which it derives State funding from the HSE”.

SJOG got €511m from the taxpayer from 2012 to 2015.