Unions and organisations representing nurses have welcomed the Health Minister's intervention in the registration fee dispute.
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland are being criticised over a 50% increase in the registration fee.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is calling on its members to pay the existing fee of €100 instead of the new €150 fee for 2015.
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Trade unions INMO, PNA and SIPTU say comparable health professions have had their fees capped at €100 for the next three years.
General Secretary of the INMO Liam Doran says nurses should not have to pay more than other healthcare professionals:
In November, Mr Doran told Newstalk that the union's members will not pay the increased rate:
