Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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671. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been progress made on the pay increase due to kitchen staff working in the HSE given that many staff have been waiting several years for the pay increase. [35413/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the hard work carried out by hospital chefs in the HSE.

As you may be aware, the current Public Service Agreement, Building Momentum, includes the process of Sectoral Bargaining, to address outstanding claims. Health Management have been engaged in this process over the last number of months.  We expect negotiations to conclude shortly and any outcomes from these negotiations will be circulated.  As this is an ongoing Industrial Relations process it would not be appropriate for us to comment on specific claims.