Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive - Review of Allowances
4:00 pm
Mr. Barry O'Brien:
In the vast majority of cases, they would be exactly the same. We operate our funding arrangement with the voluntary sector on a service level agreement basis. Every HR circular I write is made available to all of the voluntary agencies, which are funded through our regional director of operations system. These agencies are also fully encompassed by our employment control ceiling and are subject to the same restrictions in the context of the appointment of additional personnel, living within the control ceiling to which I refer and adhering to the payscales that apply.