Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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291. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to ensure that the shortfall of nine neurology nurses in Galway University Hospital will be filled as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60885/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Saolta Hospital Group has provided the following update with regard to the recruitment of 4 Neurology Nursing staff in University Hospital Galway:

- Neurology Clinical Nurse Specialist (epilepsy) - took up post on 6th December;

- CNS Neurology Paediatric - interviews held. Successful candidate to be released from current post in new year;

- CNS Paediatric neurodevelopmental – interviews held. Successful candidate to be released from current post in new year;

- Neurology CNS (headache) - interviews scheduled for 9th December.

I am advised that University Hospital Galway does not have any other such vacancies.