Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 July 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

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

Those employees may have very few rights. During last week's meeting we asked representatives of the Health Service Executive, HSE, for a breakdown of staff numbers, including those in section 38 and section 39 organisations and contract staff. In our letter seeking clarification, we asked the number of whole-time equivalents in agency staff to the HSE. I have never seen that figure and I look forward to getting it. These people could be doing full-time work on behalf of the State all the time, especially in the home help area, but they have zero rights in the HSE. The agency involved could pull them at a moment's notice. It is a broader matter that might not be relevant to this committee. It is an employment rights matter.

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