Government facing continued scrutiny over student nurses' pay

Sinn Fein's Pearse Doherty: student nurses are doing indispensable work and getting no financial recognition for their efforts." Picture: :Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Tánaiste says he is in favour of paying student nurses doing the work of staff nurses.

The government recently voted down a bill to pay student nurses who are working on the frontline in a pandemic, to much public criticism.