The examination of voluntary hospital salaries comes amid escalating tensions between the Limerick hospital and the HSE. Illustration: Paul ScottThe Health Service Executive (HSE) is examining salaries in all voluntary hospitals around the State after it emerged a Limerick hospital has been paying its chief executive a higher salary than her pay band stipulates. In August, The Irish Times reported that the salary of Emer Martin, chief executive of the St John’s Hospital in Limerick, was increased to that of a higher pay band – breaching the consolidated public pay scales. The HSE said the voluntary hospital is considered H2, under which chief executives can earn between €99,829 and €106,866. “Compliance with public sector pay policy is a clearly defined condition within the Service Level Agreements between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and each voluntary hospital.
