Twenty-four voluntary hospitals or health agencies have told the Health Service Executive that they are not compliant with public pay policy.
In an update provided to Minister for Health James Reilly today, a HSE report says that 12 other agencies say they are compliant, while eight more have yet to indicate their status.
It follows a request to 44 agencies that receive HSE funding but are not managed by them to confirm compliance with public pay policy.
They were also asked to confirm that they are not supplementing approved rates of pay with either Exchequer funding or private funding.
The HSE is to examine the detailed responses of agencies to verify the situation in each facility.
The minister said that if an organisation wishes to make a business case for the continuation of an approved allowance, it may do so and this will be considered.
HSE Director General Tony O'Brien is due to appear before the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee next Wednesday on the issue.
The minister had asked the HSE to now write to another group of health agencies, Section 39 non-statutory bodies, to ensure that their pay arrangements reflect Government public pay policy.
Hospital responses on pay
West North West Hospitals Group CEO Bill Maher
Salary of €185,000, plus a €10,000 allowance as compensation for relocating to Galway. In 2011, following a request by the Department of Health to the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform, Mr Maher's pay package as chief executive was designed to reflect his pay at St Vincent's University Hospital and the separate extra pay he received for work undertaken by him for St Vincent's Private Hospital. His current annual pay is €180,000.
Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin CEO Lorcan Birthistle
Annual salary of €140,000, including €30,000 privately funded, including from shops on hospital campus.
Holles Street Hospital Master Dr Rhona Mahony
Annual pay of €280,000. Dr Mahony has said this includes €45,000 for professional fees from private patients, which is permitted under her consultant contract. Holles Street says Dr Mahony's pay is exactly in compliance with public service pay requirements.
Rotunda Hospital Master Dr Sam Coulter Smith
Pay is €300,000, including €20,000 private income. The hospital said no funds from the Friends of the Rotunda Charity are used for any salary or allowance payments to hospital management. The hospital board said it is responding to the HSE's request for information.
Children's University Hospital, Temple Street
The hospital said there has been no "top-up" pay to the salaries of senior staff.
St James's Hospital CEO Brian Fitzgerald
The hospital said Mr Fitzgerald receives €145,219 a year, which is publicly funded, plus a payment for his academic work at Trinity College Dublin, in respect of education and research. St James's said that all salaries are in line with Department of Health pay scales.
St Vincent's University Hospital CEO Nicky Jermyn
The hospital said the response to the HSE is "private and confidential".
Tallaght Hospital
The hospital said no senior executives are in receipt of privately funded extra payments.
HSE budget €119m overrun to September
The HSE is reporting a Budget overun of €119m to the end of September, according to its latest performance report, just published.
This compares with a Budget overrun of €399m for the same period last year.
Some hospitals continue to be significantly over budget.
St James's in Dublin is €11m over, University College Hospital Galway is €10m over, St Vincent's University Hospital is €9.5m over, Cork University Hospital is nearly €8m over budget, Beaumont Hospital is nearly €6m and Letterkenny General is €5m off budget, to the end of September.
