Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive - Review of Allowances
3:50 pm
Mr. Barry O'Brien:
No. Some of those people may be carrying our the duties of a public health nurse on a short-time basis. The allowance is not guaranteed to any specific 55 people. For example, I can state clearly that if those RGNs were not carrying out the work then the community general nurse would revert to general duties and therefore, would not attract the allowance.