Trainee Nurse Entrance Fees

Summary

Boland asked the Minister to stop hospitals charging trainee nurses entrance fees. The Minister said he had asked hospitals to cease charging them and expected the boards to comply, while Boland pressed him to prohibit the fees outright.

John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

: Would the Minister say that he will take any steps this year to prevent hospitals from charging an entrance fee to trainee nurses?

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Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

: I have asked every hospital which I am aware charges fees to cease charging fees. I took that action about two months ago.

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John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

: Will the Minister forbid rather than exhort?

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Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

: A request from me in this context will probably be adhered to by the board.

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John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

: I hope the hospitals think as much of the Minister as he does of himself.

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Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

: These fees have been charged for a considerable time and this is the first time that any Minister for Health has taken positive action. I would expect a little commendation from the Deputy for a change.

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