Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the agreed pay rise to health care chaplains will be awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38355/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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More than 120,000 people work full-time or part-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the numbers of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such personnel in order to secure a good supply of graduates to provide for the health care needs of the population into the future.

The Health Service Executive is the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. 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.