Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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853. To ask the Minister for Health the reason general nurses cross over to work in the different disciplines such as mental health and intellectual disability but the opposite does not happen (details supplied). [14107/22]

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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987. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to allow nurses (details supplied) work in hospice care or community palliative care. [14624/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 853 and 987 together.

As the issue raised by the Deputies is an operational matter for the NMBI, I have asked NMBI to respond directly to the Deputies in that regard.

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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854. To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is fair for the HSE to have a policy of only hiring general nurses for clinical nurse specialist roles; the reason highly trained intellectual disability nurses are being overlooked for these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14108/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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This is an operational matter and one on which the Deputy will receive a direct response.