Written answers

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

9:00 pm

Photo of Martin FerrisMartin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of the nursing staff at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, to discuss how best to ensure the reduction of clinical risk due to overcrowding the hospital. [33399/11]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I met with a delegation of nurses from the Mid-Western Regional Hospital Limerick on 12 October, when they highlighted their concerns in relation to the provision of safe patient care in the hospital's Emergency Department.

Subsequently, agreement was reached at the Labour Relations Commission on the 18 October 2011 in relation to a number of steps to be taken over a four-week review period to resolve issues in the Emergency Department. As part of the agreement, nurses in that Department of the hospital who are members of the INMO and SIPTU agreed to suspend the industrial action they commenced in September in the form of periodic work stoppages. At the end of the review period, management will present a detailed set of proposals which will set out roster options to address the issues in dispute.

I am satisfied that the process in train is the best way of addressing the nurses' concerns.

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