Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A WRC pay agreement was reached in late 2023 where an 8% pay award was given to employees of section 10, 39 and 56 agencies. I have been informed that the HSE plans to outsource the management of the dispersal of the funds to the section 39 organisations and that the contract will be given to KOSI, the same company that management the pandemic payment. That we are two years on and there are still employers that have not received that payment does not augur well for the payment of these funds. Why is a national pay deal being outsourced to a company to manage and what is the cost of doing so? If there are delays, it will allow the pay discrepancies to widen, adversely affecting the recruitment and retention of staff.

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