, Limerick East): The orderly transition to the new diploma programme in nurse education and training which commenced in Galway in October 1994 will of necessity take a number of years to complete. Three new general hospital sites have commenced on the new programme in 1995. In addition, the programme has been extended to psychiatry in Galway.
I would expect that a similar number of sites will commence in October 1996 and subsequent years until the new programme has commenced in all schools of nursing. Detailed planning is well under way with the schools scheduled for commencement in 1996.