Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has criticised the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly for abandoning Section 39 workers whose funding is lower now than it was in 2009 while civil servants in the top jobs earning over \u20ac150,000 a year can expect a 10-15% pay increase next week.
Teachta Crowe said:
\u201cSection 39 agencies provide healthcare, elderly, youth, substance abuse, suicide prevention, social inclusion, education, community development and many other services in communities across the State.
\u201cThese agencies and their workers provide invaluable services in our communities that the HSE simply do not. By refusing to facilitate a wage increase for them for over ten years, the Government is driving people out of Section 39 bodies and they are being lost to the private sector. Many are simply never replaced and gaps in service provision start appearing throughout areas.
\u201cThe Minister tries to wriggle out of any responsibility by saying that since Section 39 workers are not in the Public Service Pay Agreements, there is nothing he can do. I believe this is a disingenuous reply. It was Governments who cut their funding and this Government can make it right. They choose not to.
\u201cOrganisations like the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force are receiving less money now than they did in 2009. If their grants are diminished, so is their ability to pay staff.
\u201cMeanwhile, civil servants in the top jobs earning over \u20ac150,000 a year can expect a 10-15% pay increase next week. The Government\u2019s priorities are clear to see.
\u201cBy only ever looking out for the better off in society, Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il are allowing our community services to be stripped away from us and are leaving the most vulnerable to suffer.\u201d
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