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The PNA and INMO have organised a protest for this Friday 1 st February .

The protest will take place outside HSE HQ, (Dr Steeven's Hospital) opposite Heuston Station, Dublin at 11:00.

The PNA/ INMO reaffirm their outright opposition, to the proposed HSE graduate programme, and reiterate their shared view that that recruiting graduates @ 80% of the agreed pay rate i.e. € 22,000 is nothing other than an attempt to introduce cheap labour in breach of agreed salaries under a superficial guise of an educational graduate programme.

The HSE are presenting this flawed initiative as some sort of opportunity for new graduates. In reality, this programme is an insult to the nursing and midwifery profession and devalues every nurse/midwife is an overt attempt to recruit cheap labour in breach of agreed salaries.

Please make it your priority to attend this protest demonstration. We also urge you to share this information with your colleagues through all media fora, text, facebook, e mail, notice boards. We must protect the future of nursing and midwifery in Ireland.

The HSE have confirmed low numbers of applications for these positions. This is supported by the fact that the HSE have extended the date and have opened the positions up to 2010 and 2011 graduates, which is a clear admission that there is no educational/mentorship component to this proposal.

These nurses will be asked to perform all the duties of a Staff Nurse for 80% of the salary.

As part of an ongoing campaign, including meetings with the Political parties, PNA and INMO representatives met with Caoimhin O Caolain and Senator David Cullinane and Sinn Fein have confirmed their full support for this process.

A briefing/information meeting has been arranged for next Wednesday 23^rd Jan @ 12.00 in Dail Eireann at which three newly qualified nurses/graduates will have the opportunity to address TD's and Senators & for the PNA/INMO to outline why and how savings can be made in respect of agreed pay rates.

We call on the Graduates to continue with the Boycott of these positions because it is working. We ask all members to contact their TD's over the coming days to lobby them to support this campaign and to attend the briefing session next Wednesday January 28^th @ 12.00 in Dáil Eireann.

Continue to support this campaign and resist this attack on Nurses and the devaluing of our Professions

1. A large number of nurses have previously been offered appointments, only to have the offer withdrawn by the National Recruitment Office before taking up the post.
2. The Union insisted the employer's actions represented a breach of Contract.
3. There are now indications that the HSE will move to resolve the issue.
4. However despite several attempts we have been unable to pin down the details of their proposed resolution.
5. As you know the recruitment process goes through a number of stages. At this point there is no indication at which stage the employers have accepted that a contract exists.
6. Members will be kept advised of developments via circulars and the website.
7. In the meantime it would be helpful if all members who believe they have a claim would notify Head Office of their details.

15 th March 2012

The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA ) will be joined by mental health advocacy groups and relatives at a lunchtime protest tomorrow to highlight the continuing cuts in Carlow Mental Health Services. The protest will take place tomorrow 16 th March 2012, at 12 p.m.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow's protest, PNA General Secretary, Des Kavanagh said people in the Carlow region are extremely annoyed to see model services that had been built up in Carlow being slowly dismantled.

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