Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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119. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address a Labour Court agreement in respect of €7.5 million owed to 400 social care workers in Counties Galway and Roscommon in twilight premium time payments, which extends over an eight-year period and which is not being honoured due to the Health Service Executive pleading inability to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17959/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE has advised that following a national engagement with staff representatives, agreement was made by the HSE to pay unsocial hours to designated staff.

This payment commenced on 1 January 2015 and no agreement was made in relation to arrears.

Currently the issue of a backdated claim for arrears is being reviewed by the State’s industrial relations processes and the claim is currently before the Labour Relations Commission.