Emmet Stagg
Ceist:63 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that arising from a suspected overpayment of wages/salaries to hospital staff deductions were made from staff wages/salaries for a period of approximately six years, even when it was known that no overpayment to staff had occurred; if he will confirm that special payments were made to the institutions concerned by his Department to allow for the refund of deductions made and for payment of full wages/salaries due to staff; if he will give details of the amount of money paid by his Department for this purpose and to which institutions the money was paid; if he will now ensure that the money so provided by his Department is paid in full to the staff concerned; and if he will institute an inquiry to establish the use to which the money deducted from the payroll was put and the total amount of same.
