Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion
4:15 pm
Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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With regard to the inappropriate tasks to be performed by nursing staff, will nurses have the capacity to cope with their additional duties and are they aware they will be taking on these duties? On the issues of 24 hours continually on-site and the 68 hours in a week, if hospitals fail to comply who will be held accountable and will sanctions be applied?