Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----but following discussions with the Department of Health in 2013, it was agreed that a one-off sum of €1.6 million would be granted by the Department to cover costs in 2013-14 on the basis that the board would review its overheads and increase its income in 2015 to meet its commitments under the legislation. The board has, therefore, been significantly assisted by the Department and the Government in addressing the financial issue referred to by the Deputy, but at this point the only way it will be resolved is by further discussions between the parties and them sitting down to resolve it. For the nurses who are working in the health service or who travel abroad to work in other health services, it is important that the registration fee be fair and that the dispute be resolved as soon as possible.

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