Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration
11:15 am
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
Effectively, the Mater is a conduit between the Department of Health and the CRC. If there is a shortfall in the pension scheme, it will be picked up by the HSE and, essentially, the taxpayer. These employees are getting the benefit of public service pension arrangements even though they have a fixed contribution scheme.