Consultant paid €522k more than base salary in 'compensatory rest' payments, report finds

The same consultant, an emergency medicine consultant, was eventually paid €758,000 last year — nearly four times their basic salary of €199,000.

The HSE paid a single consultant €522,000 more than their base salary in ‘compensatory rest’ payments in 2021, an internal report has found.

The same consultant, an emergency medicine consultant, was eventually paid €758,000 last year — nearly four times their basic salary of €199,000 — a rate of over €50,000 per month in compensatory payments, making them the highest paid HSE employee in 2021.