Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2022
1635. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure in 2021 for HSE-employed nurses advanced practice in terms of further education and training; the cost and extent of training courses covered by the HSE; the number of nurses to which this applied; and the cost of leave cover to facilitate training days. [29869/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy may be aware, in November 2021 I requested that the number of nurses and midwives practising at an advanced level (AN/MPs) across the health service be increased from 2% of the workforce to 3% over the two/ three years. A target of 2% had been recommended in A Policy on the Development of Graduate to Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice. I have allocated funding of €11.9m to the HSE in 2022 for new AN/MP posts.
As the expenditure in 2021 on HSE-employed nurses advanced practice is a HSE service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
