Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 June 2014
188. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will directly intervene to ensure that no top-up payments will be paid to senior executives in voluntary hospitals and health agencies by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26450/14]
View answerAt my request, the HSE has taken urgent action to ensure Section 38 agencies which have been found to be in breach of health sector pay policy are brought into compliance.
Following consultation between the agencies and the HSE, a substantial number of Section 38 Agencies submitted business cases seeking retention of unapproved allowances.
An Internal HSE Review Panel communicated their decisions in April on the business cases that were made to them by the Section 38 organisations. The vast majority of the business cases were rejected. The process of implementing these recommendations is still under way and has not yet been completed. On the completion of the compliance process, a final report detailed by Agency will be provided, at which time it is expected that all agencies will have demonstrated full compliance with Government pay policy.
