Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the occupational pension scheme which is available to home helps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17661/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Under the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001, any employee whose normal hours of work constitute at least 20% of the normal hours of a comparable full-time employee is entitled to be treated no less favourably than the comparable full-time employee. My Department has been informed by the Health Service Executive that pension arrangements for home helps employed in the health service are currently being discussed as part of a proposed collective agreement with the trade unions by the employers representative division of the executive, on behalf of health employers.