Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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634. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reversal of the Haddington Road agreement under the financial emergency measures (details supplied). [15658/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 to 2020 is an extension of the Lansdowne Road Agreement and applies for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020.  Provisions of the Lansdowne Road Agreement (and earlier agreements as appropriate) continue to apply, save where varied by this agreement.  

Within this agreement, it has been provided that an opportunity shall be offered to public health service employees to permanently revert to pre-Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) hours.  Any individuals exercising this option will have their pay reduced commensurately.  The application at sectoral level depends on service delivery requirements and business needs. Management are obliged to give due consideration to each application on its own merits, having regard to service exigencies. Public health service employees have an opportunity until 1 May 2018 to apply to permanently revert to pre HRA hours.