Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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807. To ask the Minister for Health if a neonatal intensive care nurse (details supplied), whose specialty allowance is being taken back, has grounds for appealing this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65186/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Dear Deputy Healy-Rae,

On behalf of the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, I would like to thank you for your correspondence.

Although controls and procedures are in place to avoid incorrect salary payments, employees may occasionally receive an overpayment or underpayment of salary.

It is HSE policy to correct these errors as soon as possible. The Payment of Wages Act, 1991, section 5(5), affords an employer a legal right to recover any overpayment of wages, allowances or expenses from the wage of employees

If there is a dispute in relation to an underpayment or overpayment, employees have recourse as set out within HSE Grievance Procedures. While the employee is engaging in this process no deductions will be made.

Please find the Grievance and Disciplinary Procedure attached.

Yours faithfully,

Private Secretary

Michael Murphy (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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808. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department and the HSE are taking to address the severe staffing deficit in consultant pathology posts at University Hospital Waterford, in light of the confirmation that only six of the required 18 WTE surgical pathologists are in post; the reason recruitment campaigns have repeatedly failed; the measures being implemented to ensure sufficient qualified personnel are available to sustain both diagnostic and coronial post-mortem services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65214/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a recruitment matter I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy, thanks