David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1635. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure in 2021 for HSE-employed nurses advanced practice in terms of further education and training; the cost and extent of training courses covered by the HSE; the number of nurses to which this applied; and the cost of leave cover to facilitate training days. [29869/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, in November 2021 I requested that the number of nurses and midwives practising at an advanced level (AN/MPs) across the health service be increased from 2% of the workforce to 3% over the two/ three years. A target of 2% had been recommended in A Policy on the Development of Graduate to Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice. I have allocated funding of €11.9m to the HSE in 2022 for new AN/MP posts.

As the expenditure in 2021 on HSE-employed nurses advanced practice is a HSE service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.