Angela Kerins (née MacCarthy; born 1956) is an Irish business person and former chief executive officer of the Rehab Group.
[6] From 1996, she served as the Rehab Group's permanent representative at the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
[8] Her salary was, according to Anne Hannify head of Fundraising Ireland, "actually quite out of kilter with even what the top CEO's of charities are being paid at the moment".
In 2016, Kerins commenced legal action against the PAC in the Irish High Court, alleging that the content and scope of the Committee's questions were inappropriate and beyond their remit.
[15][16] On 27 February 2019, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Kerins on several issues, including that the PAC had acted outside its remit.
The Supreme Court determined in 2019 that the PAC had violated the legislation as a whole by departing significantly from its mandate and the terms of an invitation to Ms. Kerins, which allowed for inquiries regarding her pay and the management of three State-funded programs by Rehab.