Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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2523.To ask the Minister for Health if the discrepancy between the current clinical nurse manager 2 and clinical nurse specialist (CNS) pay scales can be addressed, which has seen the CNS pay scale being omitted from the additional scale point and introduction of the long-service increment; the progress being made in addressing this matter, as per the recommendation of the expert review body on nursing and midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33403/24]

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

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.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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2524.To ask the Minister for Health the reason clinical nurse midwife specialists have not received the long-service increment and additional scale point, as clinical nurse manager 2 grades have, given that their pay scales are linked. [33404/24]

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

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.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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2525.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the recommendations of the expert review body on nursing and midwifery, relating to the extension of clinical nurse manager 2 salary scales by an additional scale point, and the introduction of a long-service increment, have not been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33405/24]

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

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.