Is the Minister aware of the position in the Central Remedial Clinic, CRC - a body with which he is familiar - where a large cohort of workers are effectively being deprived of their pensions? Will the Minister tell me what, if any, action is being taken by the Government on foot of the issue? Will he arrange for either the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, or the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Varadkar, to meet representatives of the staff? People are working side by side in exactly the same circumstances, with the same qualifications and doing the same job, but are in radically different positions. Some of them have protected State pensions but the rest will have practically no pension at all. Does the Government find that acceptable and what action is it taking?

I understand, as the Deputy noted, that some workers in the Central Remedial Clinic are members of a pension fund that has got into funding difficulties. The board has decided to close the fund and that has major implications for those involved. I understand from the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, that representatives of the Health Service Executive, HSE, met representatives from the CRC about this issue. I do not have an outcome to report on progress but efforts are being made to try to find a solution. I will ask the Minister, Deputy Harris, to respond to the Deputy about the work done.