John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I welcome the positive engagement of the Minister's officials and the HSE because that is what the INO wanted. Does the Minister accept the INO is also positively engaged and has made an enormous contribution to our health service? Does she agree nurses are the backbone of the health service in many ways?

I was struck by the Minister's reply to a previous question which impacts on this matter. Did she state nurses in private hospitals will be on the public payroll?

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