Vol. 472 No. 1
140 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health whether civil servants and clerical and administrative grades within the health board and other health and paramedic personnel who have or are concluding agreements under the restructuring option of the Programme for Competitiveness and Work have been informed that adjustments will have to be made to pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22563/96]
Limerick East): Negotiations with several of the major employee groups within the health service under the local bargaining clauses of the Programme for Competitiveness and Work, have been completed or are nearing completion. Most of the pay clauses of those agreements include an element of restructuring. New grades may be introduced or existing grades merged. As a result grades within these groups may receive differential pay increases. This factor makes the calculation of pension adjustments more complicated than heretofore and will have to be approached in the context of the wider public service.
When the general principles have been established they will be applied to health service staff.
