Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2013
563. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the provision being made for staff employed by voluntary agencies funded by the Health Service Executive to receive public sector increments due over a number of years where those staff are on public sector pay scales and bound by public sector agreements; if the HSE makes provision for such payments in its allocation to those voluntary bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40383/13]
View answerEmployees of bodies funded under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004 are public servants. Over the next three years the salaries and increments of persons employed by such bodies will be paid in accordance with the terms of the Haddington Road Agreement. Staff employed in bodies funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 are not public servants and therefore are not party to the Haddington Road Agreement. However, the HSE is in communication with the Section 39 bodies to ensure that the savings and flexibility measures which derive from the Haddington Road Agreement are pursued similarly across the Section 39 sector.
