Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 278 of 16 February 2010 and No. 289 of 20 April 2010, the number of the 30 staff nurse posts that were to be filled per annum by way of exemption from the moratorium in order to facilitate the appointment of successful students from the sponsorship scheme for healthcare staff as nurses, that have been filled in 2010; when they will be filled; if she will give an undertaking that all posts will be filled in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32877/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The 2010 to 2012 Health Sector Employment Control Framework has been approved by the Minister for Finance and issued to the Health Service Executive (HSE). The framework includes specific provision for the filling of up to 30 staff nurse posts per annum, by way of an exemption from the moratorium on recruitment, in order to facilitate the appointment of successful students from the sponsorship scheme referred to by the Deputy. This provision reflects the outcome of discussions between my Department and the Department of Finance in relation to this matter. I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the number of such staff nurse posts that have been filled in 2010.