A charity that supports families with seriously ill children has revealed the public has donated €36 million to their cause in the past 15 years. That compares with government funding of €4 million.

It comes in a week when a number of charities have revealed the drastic steps they’re taking to save money. Barnardos has shut down for a week, while it’s emerged that staff at the ISPCC are taking unpaid leave.

In September last year The Examiner published an article from called Shedding light on the pay of charity chiefs by Catherine Shanahan. It outlined many of the charity CEO’s salaries, bonus’ and extras which are outlined below.

But with the ‘drastic steps’ that some charities are taking to save money, should one of them be to reduce or cap top management salaries and expenses?

A brief outline is below but you can see the full breakdown here:  href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfgbidgbqlgb/rss2/">http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfgbidgbqlgb/rss2/.

TRÓCAIRE
/> Chief executive: Justin Kilcullen
/> Salary 2011: €133,605.
/> Expenses 2011: Vouched out-of-pocket only. No figures supplied.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL
/> National Director: Kieran Murphy
/> Salary 2011: N/A. Salary range 2009 = €105,000 to €110,000.
/> Expenses 2011: Vouched out-of-pocket only. No figures supplied.

SIMON COMMUNITIES OF IRELAND
/> Acting chief executive: Patrick Quinn
/> Refused to divulge details of chief executive’s package on basis that it doesn’t reveal details of individual remunerations.

OXFAM IRELAND
/> Chief Executive: Jim Clarken
/> Salary 2011: €90,000 is set by Oxfam Ireland’s board and is not linked to organisational income.
/> Expenses 2011: Vouched travel expenses. No figures supplied.

JACK AND JILL FOUNDATION
/> Chief executive: Jonathan Irwin
/> Salary 2011: €88,200.
/> Expenses 2011: €12,638 (up to August) of which €3,818 relates to mileage.

ISPCC (Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children)
/> Chief executive: Ashley Balbirnie
/> A spokesperson said the board made a decision not to release the information requested by the Irish Examiner other than to say that the chief executive has “a flat salary arrangement and there is no company car provided or any bonus structure included” and that the ISPCC fundraises in excess of 90% of its funding.

IRISH WHEELCHAIR ASSOCIATION
/> Chief executive: Kathleen McLoughlin
/> Salary 2011: €146,191
/> Expenses 2011: None up to August.

IRISH HOSPICE FOUNDATION
/> Chief executive: Sharon Foley
/> Salary 2011: €101,350
/> Expenses 2011: €1,134.16 to end of August (vouched).

IRISH GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND
/> Chief executive: Padraig Mallon
/> Salary 2011: €85,000 to €100,000.
/> Expenses 2011: Vouched. No figures supplied.

IRISH CANCER SOCIETY
/> Chief executive: John McCormack.
/> Salary 2011: €145,000.
/> Expenses 2011: €1,200 up to August. Expenses costs include the cost of a company car.

GORTA
/> Chief executive: Brian Hanratty
/> Salary 2011: Less than €100,000. Pay freeze for all staff for the last three years.
/> Expenses 2011: N/A.

GOAL
/> Chief executive: John O’Shea
/> Salary 2011: No member of GOAL earns in excess of €100,000 per annum.
/> Expenses 2011: Chief executive does not have an expense account.

FOCUS IRELAND
/> Chief executive: Joyce Loughnan
/> Salary 2011: €125,000 .
/> Expenses 2011: €2,404 up to August (travel).

ENABLE IRELAND
/> Chief executive: Fionnuala O’Donovan
/> Salary 2011: €156,340. Waived a pay increase of 2.5% in 2008.
/> Took a further cut in January 2010 to bring her salary into line with the public service cut of 12%.
/> Expenses 2011: Travel only and based on recorded mileage paid at public sector mileage rates.

COPE FOUNDATION
/> Chief executive: Colette Kelleher
/> Salary 2011: €130,000.
/> Expenses 2011: €260 (vouched).

CONCERN
/> Chief executive: Tom Arnold
/> Salary 2011: €130,000 (based on assistant secretary grade in the public service).
/> Expenses 2011: Vouched. No figures supplied. It is Concern policy to fly economy class and use public transport where available.

BÓTHAR
/> Chief executive: David Moloney.
/> Declined to release remuneration package details on the basis that they “do not individualise details of remuneration packages to any of the staff in our accounts”.

BARNARDOS
/> Chief executive: Fergus Finlay
/> Salary 2011: €113,315 (equivalent to 5th point on salary scale of HSE assistant national director). However, net cost to Barnardos is €88,000 because the chief executive contributes a minimum of €25,000 a year from fees earned through board memberships, speaking engagements and writing and broadcasting.
/> Expenses 2011: N/A.

ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF IRELAND
/> Chief executive: Maurice O’Connell
/> Salary 2011: €121,200.
/> Expenses 2011: None.

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND OF IRELAND
/> Chief executive: Des Kenny
/> Salary 2011: €125,326
/> Expenses 2011: None.
/>

UNICEF IRELAND
/> Refused to divulge details as it is “bound by confidentiality as regards the remuneration of its recent executive director”.