Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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2166. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to date spent by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in addition to the confirmed cost of €2,089,500 on its digitised registration system; the details of reasons for additional costs incurred; the way in which the total spend represents value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36724/21]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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2167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints received by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from registrants, applicants, Ministers and other stakeholders via email, phone and letter relating to the annual retention fee process for 2021 and overseas applications since the roll-out of the digitalised registration system launched in September 2020 to date; the number of emails received by the registration department from overseas applicants in the Board’s registration inbox as of 1 July 2021 yet to be actioned in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36725/21]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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2168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registration staff employed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland noting the grade of staff member and their status, that is, permanent, agency, contract or other from January 2020 to date in 2021 by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36726/21]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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2169. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is outsourcing for a period of 14 weeks its overseas registration application process; the details of the costs associated with the outsourcing of this body of work; the number of applications this external body will be dealing with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36727/21]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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2365. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 8 May 2019, the companies and or organisations employed on a contract basis by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from June 2016 to date, in tabular form including company or organisation name, purpose, length of engagement, tender yes or no and total cost for the relevant period of engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37510/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 2166 to 2169, inclusive, and 2365 together.

These PQs are referencing operational matters of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and therefore have been referred to the NMBI to respond directly to the Deputy.