Vol. 521 No. 5
126 Mr. Farrelly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath who is an employee of the North Eastern Health Board has not received the once-off payment following the nurses strike; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/00]
As part of the settlement of the 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. The qualifying date for payment of the lump sum was 5 November 1999.
As the Deputy will be aware, the Nursing Alliance raised queries with the Health Service Employers Agency – HSEA – regarding temporary-part-time nurses who may not have worked on that date. Following a meeting with the Nursing Alliance on 8 June 2000 a small working group will be established to examine individual cases concerning the lump sum payment.
