PQ 128
128. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will review the rate of pay for graduate mental health nurses; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these graduate nurses are being offered employment at 85% pay while their counterparts in general nursing are being offered contracts on 100% pay; if he will examine this matter; his views that this distinction is fair and equitable in view of the fact that general nurses and mental health nurses hold the same qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37387/14]
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1 October 2014
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1 October 2014 · Health Services Staff Remuneration
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Lowry, Michael.
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128. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will review the rate of pay for graduate mental health nurses; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these graduate nurses are being offered employment at 85% pay while their counterparts in general nursing are being offered contracts on 100% pay; if he will examine this matter; his views that this distinction is fair and equitable in view of the fact that general nurses and mental health nurses hold the same qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37387/14]
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1 October 2014
Health Services Staff Remuneration
128. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will review the rate of pay for graduate mental health nurses; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these graduate nurses are being offered employment at 85% pay while their counterparts in general nursing are being offered contracts on 100% pay; if he will examine this matter; his views that this distinction is fair and equitable in view of the fact that general nurses and mental health nurses hold the same qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37387/14]
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Health Services Staff Remuneration
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2014-10-01/128/
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