Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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537. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) relating to pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41480/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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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 in 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 and a process to address these issues commenced in 2019 under the auspices of the WRC.  Despite the engagement which took place, it has not yet been possible to reach agreement.

The HSE are currently costing this next phase of pay restoration and are expected to complete the exercise shortly.  Funding options are currently being explored and engagement will take place with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.  Health sector management remain committed to the process.

Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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538. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to complete pay restoration for the section 39 workers of the remaining 250 organisations that have yet to have pay restored in line with the agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41567/20]

Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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539. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a claim for pay restoration for section 39 workers; his plans to address the restoration of pay in section 39; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41686/20]

Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of pay restoration for all section 39 organisations as per the Workplace Relations Commission agreement reached in October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41716/20]

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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541. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support section 39 workers. [41747/20]

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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542. To ask the Minister for Health his engagements regarding section 39 workers. [41748/20]

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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705. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay restoration for section 39 workers. [41944/20]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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773. To ask the Minister for Health when full pay restoration will take place for all section 39 workers in the health service as per the agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/20]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary funding required for pay restoration of all section 39 workers; the reason the majority of section 39 organisations have still not had their pay restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42120/20]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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789. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposed industrial action (details supplied); and if he has engaged with the workers’ trade union on this matter. [42122/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 705, 773, 788 and 789 together.

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 in 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 and a process to address these issues commenced in 2019 under the auspices of the WRC. Despite the engagement which took place, it has not yet been possible to reach agreement.

The HSE are currently costing this next phase of pay restoration and are expected to complete the exercise shortly. Funding options are currently being explored and engagement will take place with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Health sector management remain committed to the process.