Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date position regarding the reason for non-payment to third-year DIT biomedical science students of the monthly training allowance payable to them while on placement in public health service laboratories; the reason that the DIT students do not receive the allowance but students in the other colleges do; and the reason for this anomaly [6404/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The HSE has in the past confirmed to all health sector employers that Student Medical Scientists on placement must be paid the monthly training allowance as set out in my Department's consolidated salary scales. This allowance was approved for continued award to new beneficiaries, following the review of public sector allowances conducted in 2012. The HSE has recently reiterated in clear terms to hospitals that this allowance should be paid to all Student Medical Scientists on work placement.