Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
589. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to a Topical Issue matter of 25 March 2015, the progress to date in resolving the outstanding payment of arrears to the staff involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30265/15]
View answerPayment in respect of "twilight shift", from 8pm until end of shift has commenced in a number of locations in the Intellectual Disability Sector since Jan 1 2015. These include Brothers of Charity Galway, Brothers of Charity Roscommon, Ability West and KARE. The process of commencing such payments is also underway in Brothers of Charity Waterford.
The issue of retrospective payment in the 3 organisations concerned in counties Galway and Roscommon was the subject of a Labour Relations Commission (LRC) process involving the HSE and the unions on June 22 and more recently on July 6.
The LRC has tabled a proposal for settlement of the matters in dispute. This is currently being considered by both parties who are required to respond to the LRC by July 17. Should either party fail to respond by this date, the LRC consider this to be a rejection of the proposal.
