Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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492. To ask the Minister for Health if future pay deals with nurses in the public sector health service have been costed; if he will meet with nursing union representatives to discuss such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49211/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Public Service Stability Agreement, which the nursing unions are signed up to, is in place until 2020. This provides for a series of pay increases for the duration of the agreement for all public servants who adhere to the agreement. Any new agreement which may be negotiated in the future will require engagement with union representatives of all public servants, rather than unions representing any one group of staff, such as nurses. In that regard, it would not be appropriate for me to meet with any health sector union, including those representing nurses, to discuss any proposals in relation to pay.