Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if nurses working in Dingle Hospital, which is in a Gaeltacht area of Kerry, will be granted an extra allowance for speaking Irish in the workplace similar to their counterparts in Carraroe in the Connemara Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11080/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.