Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not confirmed to the HSE its intention to pay an outstanding award to a cohort of section 39 workers (details supplied). [29075/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, an agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in October 2018 provided for pay restoration in relation to 50 pilot organisations in the first instance. Pay restoration for these bodies commenced in April 2019 with further payments due this month (October 2020) and October 2021 as appropriate.

The agreement recognised that some of the remaining Section 39 organisations were also likely to have pay restoration issues. A process to address these issues commenced last year under the auspices of the WRC. The parties have yet to reach an agreement. The HSE are currently carrying out a detailed costing exercise in this regard. The Department are considering the funding required in the context of the annual Estimates process. Health sector management remain committed to the process.