Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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630. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which sufficient nursing staff are readily available in line with requirements over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30824/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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A workforce planning exercise carried out in 2012 to forecast future staffing requirements as part of the Review of the Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Degree Programmes has indicated that the overall number of trainee nurses and midwives currently undertaking the programmes, 1,570 places in total, is considered to be sufficient to meet demand.