Pat Deering
Ceist:379. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health the status of the redundancy payments to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15278/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 28 March 2017
Ceisteanna (379)
Freagraí scríofa
Cheshire Home is funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004. with services based throughout the country including, Tullow, Co. Carlow.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has in place Service Level Agreements with these providers funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 that set out the level of service to be provided for the grant to the individual organisation and requirements in relation to standards of care.
In 2017, as part of the overall service arrangement which Community Health Organisation 5 has with Cheshire Ireland, a funding allocation of €1.965m will be provided to Carlow/Kilkenny Community Services.
I understand that at the Service Level Agreement meeting in 2016, Cheshire Home indicated that they were going to undertake staff redundancies. However, the HSE did not receive any request for funding from Cheshire Ireland for these costs.
As the individuals employed by Section 39 organisations are not HSE employees, the HSE has no role in determining the salaries or other terms and conditions applying to these staff, including any pension arrangements. Accordingly, such arrangements offered by individual providers will vary.
The pay and superannuation terms and conditions of the staff concerned are not subject to the control of the Department of Health and they are not classified as public servants.