A cabinet minister has said the HSE and CRC should do "whatever they can" to recover some of the payoff paid to Paul Kiely.
The former chief executive received a golden handshake of 740,000 when he retired - a payment criticised by a HSE report yesterday.
The report found that the agency had overpaid Mr Kiely by refusing to incorporate public pay cuts into his severance.
Jobs minister Richard Bruton says the CRC's new board should use whatever means it can to get some of that money back:
