Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 April 2023
383. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason parents working for Section 38 agencies in the health service have been re-granted any parental leave taken during Covid but parents in Section 39 agencies have not been; if it is intended to correct this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/23]
View answerUnder section 39 of the Health Act 2004, the HSE provides financial assistance to organisations to provide services similar or supplementary to a service that the HSE may provide.
The Department of Health acknowledges the important role that Section 39 organisations and staff play in our health sector, however Section 39 organisations are privately owned and run and their terms and conditions of employment, once in line with employment legislation, are strictly between the employer and the employee.
