Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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365. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which nursing staff throughout the public hospital staff is adequate or otherwise to meet the requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52668/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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366. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of consultant vacant positions are being filled as a matter of urgency in order to meet the challenges of the coming winter and the future in the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52669/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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367. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the regulations relating to junior hospital doctors such as emergency taxation arising from relocation are being updated to avoid same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52670/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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For some NCHDs, the rotation between different parts of the HSE, and / or between employers (HSE to Voluntary organisation or one Voluntary organisation to another), may lead to them being subject to emergency tax provisions. Typically each employer has a single ERN, however due to its scale and historic make-up, the HSE has a number of Employer Registration Numbers. This can result in the application of emergency tax after a rotation.

I have written to the HSE asking that this issue be resolved through the establishment of a single payroll system. The HSE has confirmed it is committed to addressing the issue as a priority and has commenced arrangements to do so.