(The Central Remedial Clinic, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf)

Further to reports that Dr Rhona Mahony, Master of the National Maternity Hospital is getting a ‘privately funded’ top-up of €45,000 in addition to her salary and allowances of more than €236,000….

Figures obtained by the Irish Independent also reveal that the Central Remedial Clinic in Dublin is paying its chief executive Paul Kiely more than €135,000 in salary and allowances from its own funds on top of his HSE-funded salary of €106,900.

The clinic is also paying private allowances of at least €32,000 to four other executives. The organisation, which has a range of services for children and adults with physical conditions, has a fundraising department and a large number of corporate donors.