Dublin South West TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has said he is flabbergasted at reports that a Health Service Executive (HSE) audit found that the St. John of God charity had not complied with public pay policy for over 30 years.<\/p>\n
The Sinn F\u00e9in TD described reports that there had been confidential arrangements possibly in place that facilitated up to \u20ac6 million in payments to lay executive members as absolutely obscene.<\/p>\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe St. John of God charity is renowned for its work with vulnerable individuals down through the decades. It currently provides mental health and intellectual disability services for 60,000 people across the State every day, and receives nearly \u20ac130 million in State funding every year.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo say that I am flabbergasted and disturbed at the scale of the reported irregularities that have been uncovered there recently would be an understatement.<\/p>\n
“The allegations of huge under the counter secret payments to lay executives are deeply troubling.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome reports suggest that confidential arrangements were put in place that facilitated up to \u20ac6 million in payments to lay executive members over the years, this is absolutely obscene.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am also extremely concerned at comments that the religious order was not straight with the HSE over its financial governance and now cap in hand are requesting financial support of up \u20ac7 million to meet Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) standards.<\/p>\n
“All these issues need to be thoroughly investigated in order to ensure that there is full transparency and accountability in respect of tax payers\u2019 money. The amounts of money reportedly paid are simply staggering.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll these reports are coming at a time when many other charities are still recovering from the lack of trust and fall out from the scandal around the suicide bereavement charity Console.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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