The Leader gave a positive response to my request yesterday to ensure the urgent issue of nursing is addressed in the autumn. We depend on Filipino nurses for around one third of the nursing complement in most hospitals. They are so enraged about the manner in which their contracts are being implemented that a group of them from Loughlinstown Hospital planned to march on Leinster House last night. One cannot issue contracts for a month at a time and require people to renew their work permits each month at a cost of €60. It means they must struggle to keep themselves in accommodation as no landlord is prepared to accept these conditions. If we want to maintain the health service in the period before the Minister for Health and Children makes the necessary reforms, the health service employers will have to show respect to Filipino nurses who have come here to prop up our health service. I request that the Leader ask the Minister for Health and Children to convey this message to the health service employers. As these nurses are being sought in Australia, America and elsewhere, we will find ourselves with none.