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Terms of Reference
Terms of Reference of Commission
(a) To examine the international experience of best practice in the activities and deployment of nurses/midwives and the type of flexibilities and change which would be necessary to achieve a 35 hour week.
(b) To take account of the submissions from HSE management, based on the analysis which it is initiating, and the nursing unions who should elaborate to the Commission on the changes they believe would facilitate the 35 hour week.
(c) To produce an independent assessment of how a 35 hour week for Nurses/Midwives can be achieved, having regard to the issues set out in Labour Court Recommendation No. 18763.
(d) To report to the Minister for Health and Children within six months having reviewed the evidence and engaged with nurses/midwives and management at national and local level.
