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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Questions (1127)

Michael McNamara

Question:

1127. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the anamoly whereby nurses who will undergo training to become public health nurses next year will be guaranteed employment in advance of commencing their courses whereas those who recently completed the same course had no such guarantee and are experiencing difficulty in obtaining employment as public health nurses; if he proposes to address this anamoly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35271/13]

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The 2012 sponsored Student Public Health Nurse Graduate-Postgraduate Diploma recruitment campaign, which was advertised by the HSE with a closing date of 1 June 2012, advised candidates that, on successful completion of the training programme, they would be required to accept an initial assignment as a full-time public health nurse, for a period of not less than two years, in the sponsoring Local Health Office-Integrated Service Area.

Candidates were subsequently advised that the terms and conditions of the Sponsorship Programme had changed and this change meant that there would be no guarantee of immediate PHN positions for candidates on successful completion of the programme. The programme commenced on 8t October 2012.

Discussions involving HSE management and the INMO on the change to the terms and conditions have recently been held in the Labour Relations Commission. Following a recommendation by the Commission on 5 July 2013, all those applicants who successfully passed the Programme will be offered all existing vacancies in order of merit.

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