'PAC are entitled to query Rehab wages'

Former Rehab CEO Angela Kerins leaves the High Court. Photo: Collins Courts

Tim Healy

The Dail Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was entitled to ask about salaries paid by the Rehab group, including former CEO Angela Kerins, because various group companies receive some €80m annually in public funds, the High Court heard.

While Ms Kerins sought to distinguish between payments made by State bodies "to" Rehab and expenditure "by" Rehab, there was no such distinction, Paul Gallagher SC, for PAC, argued yesterday.