Health Services Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Questions (2390)

Paul McAuliffe

Question:

2390. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if the Finglas and Cabra drug task force projects receiving funding to employ staff via HSE grant aid agreements, City of Dublin Youth Services Board and the Department of Justice can be included in the same pay restoration as section 39 Service Level Agreement projects following the Workplace Relations Commission ruling in December 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20491/21]

Written answers

Minister for Health

In October 2018, an agreement was reached by the parties at the Workplace Relations Commission in relation to a process of pay restoration for staff employed in a pilot group of 50 section 39 organisations who are funded by way of a Service Level Agreement (SLA). A further WRC agreement followed in December 2020 in relation to a final phase of 250 SLA funded organisations who were identified as part of the earlier agreement.

Only organisations who received in excess of an agreed, specified amount from the HSE by way of the Service Level Agreement process were included in this section 39 pay restoration exercise. Grant aid organisations were not included in this process. Pay restoration is absolutely limited and only applicable to those included in the WRC agreement.

I can confirm that there is no scope to revisit the eligibility criteria for the process. Any further discussion will relate solely to those organisations identified in the WRC agreement.