110 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing posts unfilled at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of qualified nurses who were offered permanent posts in the acute hospital service during 2004; if her attention has been drawn to the warnings from the INO that the number of vacancies would rise to 2,000 over the next 18 months; the number of vacancies for ICU nurses and the hospitals in which they exist; the number of nursing vacancies in accident and emergency departments and the hospitals in which they exist; the steps being taken to deal with the shortage of nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4211/05]

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110 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing posts unfilled at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of qualified nurses who were offered permanent posts in the acute hospital service during 2004; if her attention has been drawn to the warnings from the INO that the number of vacancies would rise to 2,000 over the next 18 months; the number of vacancies for ICU nurses and the hospitals in which they exist; the number of nursing vacancies in accident and emergency departments and the hospitals in which they exist; the steps being taken to deal with the shortage of nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4211/05]

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