asked the Minister for Health if he has received an order from the local authority of North Cork public health and assistance committee respecting the grant of an eight-hour day to the male and female attendants of Fermoy county hospital, and Mallow, Kanturk and Millstreet district hospitals; and, if so, if he will state when he will approve of the order.
- Fermoy Hospital Attendants' Hours.
I have not received the order referred to by the Deputy.
The Cork County Council, in a communication addressed to my Department on the 5th June last, stated that the North Cork Public Health and Assistance Committee passed a resolution on the 8th May last recommending the introduction of a 96-hour fortnight for all staffs in hospitals in its area and that inquiries were being made to ascertain how the introduction of a 96-hour fortnight would affect the staffing of the institutions concerned. No further communication on the matter has since been received.