Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)

I welcome the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, and the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Murnane O'Connor, and all the officials from the Department of Health.

My first question relates to section 39 organisations, as well as organisations funded under sections 10, 40 and 56. There was a pay deal concluded approximately 15 weeks ago with two pay increases due to be backdated. When is the green light likely to be given from the Department of Health towards those pay increases and where does it appear here in the budget?