Sir, – Eamon Gilmore is threatening funding cuts to hospitals where they have overpaid an individual (Breaking News, December 1st).
Why not do what other employers do in cases of overpayment; ask for the money back or simply deduct it from future salary payments for that specific individual?
While we’re on the subject of the Government employing people at salaries above the cap, there’s also the matter of advisers’ salaries.
I expect Mr Gilmore will be addressing that issue shortly too. – Yours, etc,
ROBERT TRENCH,
St Begnets Villas,
Dalkey,
Co Dublin.
