Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 January 2017
1240. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of times he or his Department has met the health unions in the past three months; the unions that were met and the number of times each was met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1386/17]
View answerA significant number of meetings took place between my Department and unions representing public health sector employees in the three month period from 10 October 2016 to 10 January 2017. The table lists the unions met, as well as the number of occasions they were met. This table includes meetings which were held under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission.
|
Unions |
Number of Meetings |
|
ICTU (IMPACT, PSEU, SIPTU, INMO, INTO) |
3 |
|
Irish Hospital Consultants Association |
3 |
|
Psychiatric Nurses Association |
3 |
|
Irish Dental Association |
4 |
|
Irish Medical Organisation |
18 |
|
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation |
19 |
|
Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union |
13 |
|
Irish Municipal Public and Civil Trade Union |
4 |
|
UNITE |
2 |
|
Craft Unions |
1 |
|
Medical Laboratory Scientists Association |
1 |
|
National Association of General Practitioners |
1 |
|
Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union (Retired Members Section) |
1 |
I trust this information will be of use to the Deputy.
