Ms Rosarii Mannion:

In support of Ms Cody, we all know it is up to each organisation to manage its own budget. To the best of my knowledge, the HSE certainly did not provide a blanket instruction to the organisations to cut pay. As they are not employees of the HSE, this would not have been possible or appropriate. Instead, the budgets of the organisations were cut but, given that the pay bill makes up a large part of the expenditure of these organisations, many did end up cutting pay, as we know. That is the position from the HSE's perspective.