Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I do. There is another item of correspondence, No. 2585C, on the same topic. We are being given an assurance. The whole point of asking this question is to find out whether the system is flexible enough and fit for purpose. There will always be teething problems. I acknowledge that. It is not about trying to resolve the problems of an individual or group of individuals but they represent a good test of whether the system is working. The HSE tells us "There is no change to how staff are paid in this regard and the system is fully configured to calculate and make these payments." It essentially says that there were teething problems. Correspondence we received from people on the other end of the system tells us something very different. It tells us that SIPTU is involved in trying to resolve a problem. I understand that this system is being rolled out incrementally. That is a very good way to do things because, if one is going to run into a problem, it is better to find out before a great number of people are affected. We are told that things such as the rate of overtime can vary depending on whether the payment relates to a Saturday or a Sunday and that there are problems with that. People were to be given smartphones so they could input-----

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