Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2014
706. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health in respect of the Haddington Road agreement, if persons in the health service who have a standard working week of 35 hours and who are now required to work an additional two hours for no extra pay will continue to be required to do so even though some other requirements for different categories of employees ceased on 31 March 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18941/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI believe that the other requirements to which the Deputy refers concerns public servants with a net working week of 39 hours or greater. It is provided in the Haddington Road Agreement that the first hour of overtime worked each week by these grades was to be unpaid until 31st March 2014. The Agreement also provides that public servants, including those in the health service, with a working week of 35 hours or less will increase to a minimum of a 37 hour week. There is no provision in the Agreement for this requirement to end on 31st March 2014.
