Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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443. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on when Section 39 workers can expect to receive agreed pay increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23712/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Section 39 organisations are not public bodies. They are privately operated, and the terms and conditions of employment for staff in these organisations are ultimately between the employer and the employee. Although we are not the employers, the Departments are aware that staff employed across the hundreds of HSE funded organisations have been employed using a multiplicity of terms and conditions, including different rates of remuneration and are dependent on Government for funding.

At 16th May, of 1,159 organisations to whom communication was made by the HSE, 483 have made submissions. This process is ongoing with Section 39 organisations who have submitted their claim. The objective of the HSE is to ensure all employees can access their entitlements under the WRC agreement. They have already made significant payments to qualifying organisations and continue to work with each of the organisations to ensure payments are made without delay.