Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A process is in place to provide for a review mechanism that will involve the assessment of section 39 organisations to ensure, where appropriate, the State can make the necessary decisions outside the FEMPI legislation which does not apply to section 39 organisations to guarantee continued service provision into the future. Others will be familiar with the case of Marymount Hospice in Cork, for example. Such facilities are providing essential health care services and have essentially been mirroring the pay agreements that apply within section 38 organisations and across the HSE generally.

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