Health Services Staff

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Questions (427)

Marie Sherlock

Question:

427. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the share of expenditure spent on agency staff for every section 39 organisation. [68024/26]

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Minister for Children, Disability and Equality

The Department of Children, Disability and Equality provides funding to the, HSE, to deliver specialist disability services either directly or via Section 38 and Section 39 voluntary sector organisations.

While the Department sets the strategy, policy direction and the overall allocation for the disability sector, funding allocations to individual service providers, is an operational matter for the HSE as the funding authority, on behalf of the State. As this question refers to operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.