Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement the recommendation by the expert review body on nursing and midwifery that the clinical placement coordinator salary scale would be extended by the addition of one further point and the introduction of a long service increment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30668/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the important work carried out by all Clinical Placement Coordinators. Their work is of significant value to our services.

Recent increases applied to the Clinical Nurse/ Midwife Manager 2 (CNM/CMM) scale were a result of the implementation of recommendation 45 of the Expert Review Body (ERB) on Nursing and Midwifery and Labour Court recommendation LCR22828.

Recommendation 45 of the ERB set out that the Clinical Nurse Manager 2 and Clinical Midwife Manager 2 pay scales would be extended by an additional scale point making Point 10 the new max of scale. The scale would also gain an LSI at Point 11. As part of the new Public Service Agreement, 2024-2026, it was agreed that the recommendations set out by the Labour Court would be implemented with effect from 1 January 2024.

While it is the case that certain grades in the HSE have similar pay scales, this does not mean that they are linked to one another. LCR22828 refers only to the implementation of recommendations 44-46 of the ERB and their encompassed grades.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of year one paramedicine enrolments at each institute at undergraduate and graduate level for each year 2022-2024, in tabular form; the cost of each place ; and the number of CAO places. [30708/24]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedicine enrolments across all years at each institute at undergraduate and graduate level for each year 2022-2024, in tabular form; the cost of each place ; and the number of CAO places. [30709/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 379 together.

I am informed that the questions tabled by the Deputy relate to University CAO places rather than NAS College paramedic places. As such, the information requested would need to be sought from the respective Higher Education institutions. The Deputy may, therefore, wish to enquire further in the matter with my colleague the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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380. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment pause in the HSE can be waived in respect of filling a post (details supplied). [30733/24]

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