Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government states that to recruit and retain talent, it will "Implement the new procedures to ensure more efficient and timely recruitment of nurses".

I am sure the Tánaiste has read the open letter to the Government from a student nurse, Tara Nic Cormaic, which states the pay and conditions under which student nurses work are beyond shocking and that they and the job they do are worth so much more. It asks when the Government will recognise this. When will it make good on the commitment it has given in that regard? Tara is an example of the talent the Government has committed to recruiting and retaining. The health service and the Government are failing student nurses.

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