Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration

11:15 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Effectively, the Mater is a conduit between the Department of Health and the CRC. If there is a shortfall in the pension scheme, it will be picked up by the HSE and, essentially, the taxpayer. These employees are getting the benefit of public service pension arrangements even though they have a fixed contribution scheme.

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