Vol. 407 No. 3
198 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the South Eastern Health Board to grant officer status to home help organisers in their area in view of the fact that other organisers who were not appointed to officer posts were subsequently granted such status within a different health board region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The South Eastern Health Board have indicated to my Department that having considered the implications of the matter raised and having regard particularly to the precedent which would be created for other persons seeking to have their posts designated as of officer status it is not presently disposed to altering the status of the staff involved.
While officer status is not uniformly applied to posts of this nature in other health board areas, my Department will examine the matter further.
