Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Independent)
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2493.To ask the Minister for Health when the CNM2 salary scale will be extended by the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment following recommendation 45 of the expert review body regarding nursing and midwifery, clinical placement coordinators (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33294/24]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Recent increases applied to the Clinical Nurse/ Midwife Manager 2 (CNM2/CMM2) scale were the result of the implementation of recommendation 45 of the Expert Review Body (ERB) on Nursing and Midwifery.

Recommendation 45 set out that the Clinical Nurse Manager 2 and Clinical Midwife Manager 2 pay scale would be extended by an additional scale point, making point 10 the new maximum of the scale. The scale would also gain a Long Service Increment at point 11.

While I understand that the salary of the CNS/CMS role has historically been aligned with the CNM 2/CMM 2 role, the terms of reference for the ERB did not incorporate the CNS/CMS for pay related considerations.

Once I became aware of this issue, I sought to ensure that the benefits of recommendation 45 of the ERB could also be applied to the CNS/CMS grade. Following engagement between the two Departments, I can confirm that the Department of Health has now received sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform to allow this to happen.

I would like to acknowledge the important work carried out by all Clinical Placement Coordinators. Their work is of significant value to our services. However, 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.