Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will also be raising it myself in my own way. At the outset, all of us around this table accept that the section 39 organisations do invaluable work in providing services for people with physical and intellectual disabilities and in other areas of health in communities across the country. I am a little confused. I am asking these questions more to seek clarity than anything else. Letters have been sent out, including one which reads:

I attach for information a summary note prepared by Mr. John Delamare, Head of Corporate Employee Relations with the HSE [...] I would draw attention in particular to the following 2 paragraphs:

Section 39 agencies are not encompassed the provisions of the LRA or of FEMPI. For example, the pension levy of 2008 does not apply to such personnel.

I assume that letter is just stating the obvious. Staff in section 39 bodies do not receive public service pensions. Is that correct?