Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
Ceist:153 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the pension top-ups given to executives who left following the hepatitis C scandal. [18285/96]
Written Answers. - BTSB Financial Settlements.
Limerick East): I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 96, 115, and 117 of 9 October 1996 which gave details in relation to the financial settlement agreed between the board of the BTSB and Dr. T. Walsh, former chief medical consultant with the board. This amounted to the payment of a lump sum of £86,872 and a pension of £29,018 per annum in line with the terms for voluntary early retirement and taking into account the added years provision in the case of certain professional grades which is a feature of standard public service pension schemes.
The lump sum of £28,000 and annual pension of £7,000 paid to Mr. T. Keyes, former chief executive of the board, were in accordance with his contract of employment and based on years of service with the board.