212 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain her decision to cut undergraduate nurse training places by 17% in budget 2009; the amount she estimates will be saved by this measure; her reasoning behind the curtailment of specialist practice courses and the add-on conversion programme as a consequence of these cutbacks; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this cutback will impair the quality of front-line services in the health system here and will lead to higher overtime bills due to a shortage of fully qualified nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38663/08]

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212 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain her decision to cut undergraduate nurse training places by 17% in budget 2009; the amount she estimates will be saved by this measure; her reasoning behind the curtailment of specialist practice courses and the add-on conversion programme as a consequence of these cutbacks; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this cutback will impair the quality of front-line services in the health system here and will lead to higher overtime bills due to a shortage of fully qualified nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38663/08]

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