St James's Hospital said it used resources via the National Treatment Purchase Fund 'to safeguard patient care'. Photograph: Frank Miller

St James’s Hospital in Dublin paid €1.44 million last year to an unlimited company owned by members of staff to provide diagnostic services.

Comptroller and Auditor General Seamus McCarthy told the Dáil Public Accounts Committee on Thursday that the vast bulk of this money had been paid without the services provided to the hospital being subject to a public procureme

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