215. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to reach an agreement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the recognition of the 36-week incremental credit for all nursing graduates, in line with the December 2015 agreement made with the nursing unions by his Department and the HSE; his views on whether this has created a significant anomaly where 2016 graduates are earning more than those who graduated in the previous five years; his further views that this anomaly is contributing to recruitment and retention difficulties with nurses and a resultant high agency nurse bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/16]

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215. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to reach an agreement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the recognition of the 36-week incremental credit for all nursing graduates, in line with the December 2015 agreement made with the nursing unions by his Department and the HSE; his views on whether this has created a significant anomaly where 2016 graduates are earning more than those who graduated in the previous five years; his further views that this anomaly is contributing to recruitment and retention difficulties with nurses and a resultant high agency nurse bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/16]

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