Catherine Byrne
Question:509 Deputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the situation at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin where a large group of postgraduate student nurses who have worked in the hospital for the past 12 months will not be recruited by the hospital at the conclusion of their studies as is the usual practice; if this decision is due to Health Service Executive financial cutbacks; her views on the importance of retaining specialist children’s nurses in this hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30351/08]
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