Qualification Allowance

Pay/Rights Rights & Entitlements Public Sector Employees Qualification Allowance

Q. Are Public Health Nurses Entitled to a Qualification Allowance?

Assistant Directors of Public Health Nursing and Public Health Nurses receive a qualification allowance of €3778 per annum.

Temporary, part-time or locum Public Health Nurses receive payment of the qualification allowance on a pro-rata basis.

Q. Who is eligible for payment of a Qualification Allowance?

Q. Can a Nurse/Midwife be in receipt of the Dual Qualified Scale and a Qualification Allowance?

Q. Are Public Health Nurses Entitled to a Qualification Allowance?

Q. Will I continue to receive the Qualification Allowance while on Sick Leave?

Q. Will I continue to receive the Qualification Allowance while on Maternity Leave?

Q. Is the Qualification Allowance reckonable for Superannuation purposes?

Q. Is the Qualification Allowance reckonable for overtime premiums?

Q. Can a Nurse benefit from both a Qualification Allowance and a Location Allowance?

Q. When is the Qualification Allowance payable?

Q. How much is the Qualification Allowance?

Q. Allowances Information Leaflet and Further Information

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