Vol. 514 No. 3
177 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason all registered nurses have not yet received the £1,250 granted to them as part of the settlement in the recent nurses' dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3912/00]
As part of the settlement of the recent nurses' pay dispute, the Labour Court recommended payment of a lump sum of £1,250 to all nurses employed in the public sector. The lump sum was also payable to student public health nurses, post registration student nurses and pupil midwives. It was not payable to student nurses participating in the nursing registration/diploma programmes or to agency nurses.
I understand that the lump sum was paid out before the end of 1999 to the vast majority of qualifying nurses. In a small number of cases, student public health nurses, for example, special arrangements had to be made to ensure payment of the lump sum and these arrangements are virtually complete.
