Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant the 5% increase that was given to staff nurses in the late nineties; if he will give this increase to retired nurses as well due to the nature of the system that was in place prior to this increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44381/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Arrangements were agreed between health service employers and the nursing unions in April 2000 on the filling of Senior Staff Nurse Posts. The posts attracted a salary equivalent to a 5% increase on top of the Staff Nurse long service increment. The agreement did not encompass nurses who retired prior to 5 November 1999, when the payment first took effect. Given the general moratorium on staff recruitment and promotions in place since 2009, appointments to the post of Senior Staff Nurse, which had been granted after 20 years service, have been withheld since November 2009 on the basis that such appointments constitute promotion.