Rehab pays out €3.2m in redundancy payments

One departing staff member at the Rehab charity received salary and redundancy payments of between €320,000 and €330,000 last year.

That is according to Rehab’s 2014 annual report which shows that the disabilities charity paid out a redundancy sum of €3.2 million to departing staff, contributing to the organisation recording losses of €6.36 million.

The organisation was mired in controversy last year that culminated in the resignation of chief executive Angela Kerins in April 2014 and a new board being appointed five months later.

The report shows one employee received between €320,000-€330,000 last year through salary and redundancy payments.

Another got between €240,000-€250,000; two received €230,000-€240,000; and one got between €220,000-€230,000.

A note attached to the accounts states that two former employees’ details have been redacted as they withdrew their consent of disclosure of details to third parties that might identify them. The report states: “Having taken legal advice and consulted with the Data Protection Commissioner, the directors have redacted their details.”

Rehab would not say if one of the former employees was Ms Kerins, who had been on a salary of €240,000. The organisation last year stated that it could not reveal further details of Ms Kerins’s pay and pension arrangements due to legal reasons.

The figures show that in 2014, 15 staff members earned more than €100,000, with one receiving a salary of between €160,000-€170,000.

However, Rehab's new chief executive Mo Flynn, who is on a salary of €140,000 is now the top earner in the organisation. This followed Rehab agreeing new pay levels from the start of this year.