Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order to discuss a matter of major national and local importance, namely, why the Minister for Health and Children has not taken action to ensure that nurses are treated equitably in our hospitals as regards both their working week and their remuneration; and to discuss the fact that there is a 75% drain of nurses out of this country on graduation, who are lost to the State as a result of the appalling working conditions that obtain and who cost the State €80,000 when completing their qualifications; and to discuss the fact that dialogue is urgently needed for a resolution of this situation.

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