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If the Health Minister plans to keep his commitment on hiring new nurses, he has until the end of the year to hire 1,196 nurses.
US nurses who are being denied access to work here can’t find the adaptation courses they’re being told to take.
Nursing staffing levels have fallen by more than 3,000 in the last 10 years and the HSE says it’s trying to increase the workforce by over 1,200 this year.
Last minute negotiations have seen strike action averted.
The Health Minister said he is monitoring the situation but can’t step in.
The Nurses and Midwifery Board of Ireland denied it has been ‘threatening’ members.
Members are being advised to continue paying the 2014 fee of €100.
The rise in the fee is related to costs incurred through the implementation of the Nurses and Midwifes’ Act of 2011.