Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As a result of raising a certain issue, I received an email from a nurse in a particular hospital – again, not in the South/South West Hospital Group area – who complained that, on Sundays and bank holidays, there were three nurse managers in the hospital while there were other days of the week when there was none. I raised the issue because someone who had worked in CUH but was now working in the UK could not understand why the ratio of nurse managers and senior staff to junior staff in CUH was disproportionate, depending on the day. This person has found that, in the UK, there is a set ratio of senior people to junior people no matter what day of the week it is. What are we doing to address this issue?