1083. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with unions representing nurses and midwives to explore ways of achieving significant savings in the Health Service Executive agency spend without imposing a further salary reduction of 20% on this year's newly qualified graduates; his views on whether the engagement of nurses and midwives through agencies is on average 30% more expensive than direct employment; his further views on whether the HSE could save up to €23 million if they directly converted currently employed agency staff into direct employment and if they employed the newly qualified graduates on the correct salary scale of €27,211, then the HSE would save 54% of their current costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1611/13]

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1083. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with unions representing nurses and midwives to explore ways of achieving significant savings in the Health Service Executive agency spend without imposing a further salary reduction of 20% on this year's newly qualified graduates; his views on whether the engagement of nurses and midwives through agencies is on average 30% more expensive than direct employment; his further views on whether the HSE could save up to €23 million if they directly converted currently employed agency staff into direct employment and if they employed the newly qualified graduates on the correct salary scale of €27,211, then the HSE would save 54% of their current costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1611/13]

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