Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 18 Feb 1997

Vol. 475 No. 1

Written Answers. - Nursing Qualifications.

Helen Keogh

Question:

48 Ms Keogh asked the Minister for Health the number of general nurses who have dual qualifications; if he will give details of these qualifications; the number who receive additional remuneration for these additional qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4337/97]

Minister for Health (Mr. Noonan,

Limerick East): The following figures have been supplied by An Bord Altranais, setting out the numbers of nurses registered on two or more divisions of the An Bord Altranais Register.

General-Mental Handicap	236
General-Midwifery	6,288
General-Midwifery-Mental Handicap	36
General-Midwifery-Psychiatric	184
General-Midwifery-Psychiatric-Sick Children's	1
General-Midwifery-Psychiatric-Mental Handicap	1
General-Midwifery-Sick Children's	259
General-Psychiatric	1,396
General-Psychiatric-Mental Handicap	35
General-Psychiatric-Sick Children's	13
General Sick Children's	1,362
General-Sick Children's-Mental Handicap	4
Midwifery-Sick Children's	2
Psychiatric-Mental Handicap	132
Psychiatric-Sick Children's	3
Sick Children's-Mental Handicap	4

These figures include nurses who are inactive and nurses working in sectors other than the public health services.

At present there are 1,448 staff nurses on the dual-qualified nursing salary scale throughout the public health services. These nurses are dual registered on two of the general, mental handicap or psychiatric divisions of the An Bord Altranais Register.