Take a bow HSE

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

@anon67715551

drinking pints at €4.30 beyond in Carrick

He can’t have it all I suppose

[Arthur]

These discussions always make me wonder how the president of the United States earns so little?? Does he get overtime or shift allowance or anything on top of his 300k?

[Batigol]

The current lad surely qualifies for home help

[Biff_Egan]

The book deals and after dinner speaking circuit are the big money spinners.

[Locke]

The ‘whatever Leitrim people are famous for’ items are circling…

@anon67715551

@KinvarasPassion

@glasagusban

If you’re spending near half a million on a salary for a fella do you want him sitting in traffic driving himself or working for all those hours a week he’s in the car? Driver makes sense to me if every minister has one, it’s the biggest public job in the country. Claiming 20k expenses when you’re on that kind of money doesn’t sit well though.

Tony O’Brien seemed a more capable fella but he fell on his sword.

O’Brien appeared to me to be an entrenched fucker who’s motto was his way or no way and ye’re all wrong. A dislikeable, narcissistic, pompous cunt.
Reid tries to engage somewhat, open neck shirt, man of the people sort.
Of course he’s overpaid for the oul’ spoofing he goes on with but I find his dispensation of the medicine more palatable….

[Fagan_ODowd]

Would people not consider that it is a great credit to this country that a lad from Finglas can leave school after the inter to do an apprenticeship with eircom and rise through the ranks to first become CEO of the most prestigious local authority in Ireland and then the health service.

In a similar way that TK Whitaker joined the civil service from school as a clerical officer and became Secretary General of the Department of Finance.

[balbec]

Backhanders from the military industrial complex

[balbec]

Begrudgery

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

New money being snobs

[peddlerscross]

Wouldn’t have happened back in the halcyon days.

We used to be a proper country etc. etc.

[glasagusban]

I guess you’re joking?

[Massey]

@anon67715551

beyond in Carrick and pinching himself…

Surely it’s “beeyont”

[anon67715551]

Sorry bout that, it’s actually BEYANT in Carrick.

[Breaking_my_balls]

@peddlerscross

Wouldn’t have happened back in the halcyon days.

We used to be a proper country etc. etc.

Irony Alert!

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Once you finish being US President you only get a pension for 10 years. Not like our lads.

[Ralphie]

Our lads (taking current President as an example) could have a TD pension and Ministerial pension as well?

Would Robbo be entitled to full Presidential pension even thought she resigned early

[Arthur]

I don’t get that really either. He obviously got the job on some kind of merit. Same fellas would be giving out if he had family connections or was a clongowes past pupil too.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

In a May 4, 2018 email from an assistant secretary at the DPER to the Department of Health, a figure of €250,000 was set for the position. Just under a fortnight later however that figure had to be increased at the Department of Health’s request.

“The ability to offer a salary in the range of €250,000 - €300,000,” is what the Department of Health wanted, “with scope to go beyond this range in exceptional circumstances and subject to this department’s prior approval,” according to correspondence released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Minister for public expenditure Paschal Donohoe at the time was convinced to increase the salary for the position, but he didn’t want to go any higher.

“The minister is willing to sanction a salary range of €250,000 - €300,000, having due regard to the need to attract sufficient candidates of a necessary calibre for this challenging and strategically important role. However, regarding the additional scope sought, it should be noted that the minister would be very reluctant to go beyond the €300,000 figure owing to wider policy considerations,” read an email from a DPER official to the Department of Health.

Even with this new salary approved, the HSE was unable to find a suitable candidate, and by December 2018, Donohoe was forced to again raise the salary. According to an email from DPER to the Department of Health, “an executive search company” had also been engaged to “conduct an international search”.

“Having due regard to the need to attract sufficient candidates of a necessary calibre for this challenging and strategically important role, and the fact that the existing approved remuneration package has not attracted sufficient interest from suitable candidates for the post, the minister is willing to sanction the following: basic salary of up to €350,000,” read the email.

Paul Reid was appointed director general in April 2019 on a salary of €350,000. His pay at Fingal County Council prior to taking up the role was €165,320.

A Department of Public Expenditure and Reform spokesperson said that after an initial recruitment attempt for the director general position was unsuccessful, “the Department of Health proposed improved salary terms to attract a suitable individual for the role.”

“A revised salary of €350,000 was sanctioned by the then minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and a new selection process was commenced, which resulted in the appointment of Mr Paul Reid as CEO of the Health Service Executive.”

[carryharry]

How is he? All okay?

[Massey]

My auld lad is dead about 9 years.