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‘Appalling’ €740k secret CRC payoff
THE Taoiseach last night said it was ‘appalling’ former Central Remedial Clinic head Paul Kiely walked away with a gold-plated pay-off worth €742,000 – despite previously only admitting to a pension pot of €200,000. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was told some of the money came from donations to the clinic and that health chiefs may try to claw back some of it. An audit by the HSE revealed the deal included €200,000 tax-free, €273,336 which was taxable and €268,689 paid to Mercer’s consultants for Mr Kiely’s pension fund. The third payment was to make sure the former clinic chief executive had a pension pot as if he had remained in the post up until November 2016. The PAC yesterday heard details of the package as Brian Conlan, who took over from Mr Kiely but lasted just four months in the job, denied all knowledge of the deal.
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He said the lucrative and secret pension package was wrong: ‘This is completely new to me.’ Mr Conlan was told repeatedly that he lacked credibility – including by Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, who said: ‘I had the very strong feeling that you were attempting to palm us off but I now have the feeling you came in here to tell us downright lies.’ Mr Conlan said he did not attend a hearing on the scandal when first invited as he was under stress, was forced to move out of his house for several days to avoid the media and would have been an ineffective witness. PAC member Shane Ross said he was gobsmacked and did not believe Mr Conlan’s evidence: ‘There was obviously an intention that this should never see the light of day,’ he said.
HSE may try to claw back cash
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