Image: Leah Farrell THE PAY AND pension package for Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid last year increased to €420,103. Reid has been leading the HSE fight against Covid-19 over the past year and in his role as the CEO of the largest employer in the State, he heads up an organisation employing more than 100,000 people. New figures released in response to a Freedom of Information request show he was the best paid non-medical member of HSE staff last year by some distance. The figures show his basic pay was €370,136 and allowances came to €49,966. A spokeswoman for the HSE said on Tuesday that Reid “is not a member of the HSE pension scheme and €49,966 is a payment in lieu of pension contribution”.