Irish Cancer Charities

[joan mack]

So Now once again it has been revealed that the people who run the Irish Cancer funding are earning huge salaries,

So many people are enraged, They spent time in the rain and cold selling daffodils they buy themselves for this charity whilst the people at the top Only about four take almost a quarter of the funding in salaries,

One has decided to cut his salary but by how much. When I think of the coffee mornings I ran and the work that went into them and I was delighted if I got two hundred euro.

That wouldn't have paid a hour of their expensive lifestyle

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So Now once again it has been revealed that the people who run the Irish Cancer funding are earning huge salaries,

So many people are enraged, They spent time in the rain and cold selling daffodils they buy themselves for this charity whilst the people at the top Only about four take almost a quarter of the funding in salaries,

One has decided to cut his salary but by how much. When I think of the coffee mornings I ran and the work that went into them and I was delighted if I got two hundred euro.

That wouldn't have paid a hour of their expensive lifestyle

Sadly Joan that seems to be the way of most charities......

[joan mack]

Sadly Joan that seems to be the way of most charities......

Well Quinner in Dublin this week they said they could no longer support people who had previously received payments of five hundred and over who had travelling expense,

This started an outrage so they did a Uturn and said where the patient was a child they would continue to pay but not for adults, But now that they agreed to do that there would be less money for Cancer research.

They shot themselves in the foot because then questions were asked and everyone was shocked at their huge salaries,

I have friends and family who go to the Morning Star after a days work to help out voluntarily and many times they have bought stuff for people there,

If I pass a begger I try to give something, I don't care what he does with the money, if it makes his life a bit better for even a minute, At least he gets one hundred per cent no high overheads. Charities should have to be accountable to someone

[Vico2]

I agree Joan, it is disgraceful what those people are being paid

[Bo]

Here were the rates to the charity bosses in 2013 ( copied and pasted from The Irish Independent )

The highest-paid executive from the charitable organisations examined by the Irish Independent was Rehab Group's Angela Kerins, whose most recent disclosed salary was €234,000, funded from commercial earnings rather than public funds.

Other well-paid charity bosses were Fionnuala O'Donovan of Enable Ireland on €145,679, a decrease of over €10,000 on last year, and John McCormack of the Irish Cancer Society on €145,000.

But our survey found that in the majority of cases, Irish charity bosses have fared poorly in the pay stakes compared to their counterparts in the UK, many of whom have suffered criticism in recent months over pay hikes. In contrast, only four of the charity bosses surveyed got salary hikes in Ireland and for the most part pay packages either remained static or have fallen in recent years.

Staff in most organisations have also suffered pay cuts, reduced conditions or changes to their pensions.

The largest cut came for Concern boss Dominic McSorley, whose €99,000 is €33,000 less than the figure earned by previous CEO Tom Arnold in 2012.

Cope Foundation chief executive Colette Kelleher took a pay cut of €8,400 this year, bringing her salary down from €130,000 to €121,600.

Amnesty International's Colm O'Gorman took a €9,200 pay cut this year, bringing his salary down to €110,099.

Former junior minister Barry Andrews, who took over as chief executive of GOAL from John O'Shea, came in on a lower salary of €95,000 compared to Mr O'Shea's €98,300 in 2012.

Several charities said they had cut staff pay in recent years.

These included Age Action (5pc across the board), Barrettstown (3-5pc), Bothar (10pc), Concern (5-10pc), the Cope Foundation and Enable Ireland (cuts linked to public sector), Inclusion Ireland (5-10pc), Irish Guidedogs for the Blind (5pc), the ISPCC (5pc), the Marie Keating Foundation (5-10pc), National Council for the Blind (7pc), Oxfam (up to 10pc) and Trocaire (up to 10pc).

Several other charities have put pay freezes in place.

Bucking the pay trend was Ray Jordan of Self Help Africa, whose salary jumped from €99,220 in 2012 to €112,750 this year. A spokesman said Mr Jordan had taken a voluntary pay cut of 12pc in 2009. The charity's board decided this year to reverse the pay cut and bring its CEO's salary up to its level when he first joined in 2007.

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Three other charity bosses also had modest rises.

Alcohol Action's chief executive Suzanne Costello entered the job this year on €80,000, which was €1,000 more than previous chief Fiona Ryan.

Christian Aid's recently appointed new chief executive Rosamund Bennett came in on a salary of Stg£53,177 (€63,000), an increase on the Stg£52,134 (€61,760) earned by the previous CEO Margaret Boden in 2012.

And Jane-Ann McKenna's salary at Medecins Sans Frontieres jumped from €59,000 in 2012 to €62,105 this year.

Irish Independent October 2013

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Here were the rates to the charity bosses in 2013 ( copied and pasted from The Irish Independent )

The highest-paid executive from the charitable organisations examined by the Irish Independent was Rehab Group's Angela Kerins, whose most recent disclosed salary was €234,000, funded from commercial earnings rather than public funds.

Other well-paid charity bosses were Fionnuala O'Donovan of Enable Ireland on €145,679, a decrease of over €10,000 on last year, and John McCormack of the Irish Cancer Society on €145,000.

But our survey found that in the majority of cases, Irish charity bosses have fared poorly in the pay stakes compared to their counterparts in the UK, many of whom have suffered criticism in recent months over pay hikes. In contrast, only four of the charity bosses surveyed got salary hikes in Ireland and for the most part pay packages either remained static or have fallen in recent years.

Staff in most organisations have also suffered pay cuts, reduced conditions or changes to their pensions.

The largest cut came for Concern boss Dominic McSorley, whose €99,000 is €33,000 less than the figure earned by previous CEO Tom Arnold in 2012.

Cope Foundation chief executive Colette Kelleher took a pay cut of €8,400 this year, bringing her salary down from €130,000 to €121,600.

Amnesty International's Colm O'Gorman took a €9,200 pay cut this year, bringing his salary down to €110,099.

Former junior minister Barry Andrews, who took over as chief executive of GOAL from John O'Shea, came in on a lower salary of €95,000 compared to Mr O'Shea's €98,300 in 2012.

Several charities said they had cut staff pay in recent years.

These included Age Action (5pc across the board), Barrettstown (3-5pc), Bothar (10pc), Concern (5-10pc), the Cope Foundation and Enable Ireland (cuts linked to public sector), Inclusion Ireland (5-10pc), Irish Guidedogs for the Blind (5pc), the ISPCC (5pc), the Marie Keating Foundation (5-10pc), National Council for the Blind (7pc), Oxfam (up to 10pc) and Trocaire (up to 10pc).

Several other charities have put pay freezes in place.

Bucking the pay trend was Ray Jordan of Self Help Africa, whose salary jumped from €99,220 in 2012 to €112,750 this year. A spokesman said Mr Jordan had taken a voluntary pay cut of 12pc in 2009. The charity's board decided this year to reverse the pay cut and bring its CEO's salary up to its level when he first joined in 2007.

MODEST

Three other charity bosses also had modest rises.

Alcohol Action's chief executive Suzanne Costello entered the job this year on €80,000, which was €1,000 more than previous chief Fiona Ryan.

Christian Aid's recently appointed new chief executive Rosamund Bennett came in on a salary of Stg£53,177 (€63,000), an increase on the Stg£52,134 (€61,760) earned by the previous CEO Margaret Boden in 2012.

And Jane-Ann McKenna's salary at Medecins Sans Frontieres jumped from €59,000 in 2012 to €62,105 this year.

Irish Independent October 2013

Poor people....I am sitting here crying.....


Though, I think most of them would be classed as charitable if they halved their salaries..........


Kath has said what a lot of people think...''I wouldn't give any of them a penny now''

[joan mack]

Unfortunately thats the way most people feel now, I am tired getting phone calls from Temple Street and the Matter to sell raffle tickets. You usually end up buying them yourself. I won't feel that pressure any more