The new chief executive of the charity Rehab is to be Mo Flynn.
Ms Flynn, currently chief executive of Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services in Harold’s Cross and Blackrock in Dublin, will take up her appointment in January.
The salary for the new chief executive will be €140,000 per year - some €100,000 a year less than that paid by Rehab to the previous chief executive Angela Kerins.
Ms Kerins announced in April that she was stepping down due to controversy over her salary and the effects of the controversy on Rehab Group and her family.
From January, Rehab is to also lower the pay of a range of senior executives with salaries cut by an average of 18.5 per cent.
Chairman of Rehab Sean Egan said all salaries would be below that of the incoming chief executive and any bonus arrangements that existed for the senior management team have been terminated.
In addition, all senior salaries in Rehab over the level of €65,000 will in future be published annually.
Announcing Ms Flynn’s appointment to the Rehab Group, Mr Egan said she had significant experience of providing quality services and leading change, innovation and strategic development.
Ms Flynn currently serves on the boards of CORU, the regulator for health and social care professionals; the Irish Gerontological Society, and is a council member of the International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
She previously held a range of senior management posts in health and community services in Ireland, the UK and Australia, including HSE national manager for older people.
Mr Egan said Ms Flynn was “a person of enormous integrity and talent, whose track record in management and strategic leadership qualifies her especially well for this challenging role.”.
Rehab is group of charities and not-for-profit companies employs more than 3,200 staff in high-quality health and social care, training and education, as well as rehabilitation, employment and commercial services in Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, Poland, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.
The people who currently use Rehab’s services include young people and adults with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities, people with mental health difficulties, people with autism and people with an acquired brain injury.
A range of essential services is also provided to older people, carers and others who are marginalised, including people who require supports to enter or re-enter the workforce.
