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Galway group hospital chief given salary deal for transfer
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The current chief of the Galway-Roscommon Hospital Group Bill Maher, received a salary of up to 195 thousand euro to facilitate his transfer to the West in 2011.
According to today’s Irish Times, Ministers approved the special annual pay deal to facilitate Bill Maher’s transfer as Chief Executive of St. Vincent’s in Dublin to the Galway Roscommon group.
The newspaper reports that at the time, the official pay rate for the CEO post at St. Vincent’s Hospital was 146 thousand euro.
Mr. Maher was approved as CEO of the group in the West on secondment basis for three years from his St. Vincent’s position.
The Department of Health secured approval from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to pay a salary of up to 195 thousand euro to Bill Maher to take on the role in the West.