Uproar on social media after it’s revealed top HSE Executive’s salary is more than €600,000 – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Uproar on social media after it’s revealed top HSE Executive’s salary is more than €600,000




There has been nothing short of uproar on social media after it’s been revealed that a top executive within the HSE received a salary of €600,000 in the year 2016.

The enoumous figure which is one of the highest salaries in the country has caused a wave of criticism amongst the taxpayer after it was recently announced that there hospital waiting lists have significantly worsened within the past few months.

The news of the unidentified salary comes after the HSE recently published it’s figures for their overall spend last year which totaled a staggering  €14.57bn.

Although the overall spend is marginally down from 2015, the health service did unsurprisingly manage to spend a large sum on salaries for top ranking officials.

The report shows that management personnel at the HSE, were paid €1.23m for their services although it did show a decrease given that €1.42 was spent on salaries the previous year.

However the health service did fork out more on pension payments last year as they spent a total of €108.3m, marking a 9% rise on they €99.58m spent in 2015.

The increase in spending didn’t stop there however as a number of agency staff also received handsome salaries as the report found that the overall spend in this area rose by 7%, increasing from €259.29m to €277.33m.

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