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In its direct request of 1989, the Committee had taken note of the allegations of the General Confederation of Workers of Portugal (CGTP/IN) and of the Union of Nursing Personnel of the southern district and of the autonomous region of the Azores concerning the non-application of certain provisions of the Convention, including those relating to training, employment conditions, hours of work, remuneration, career prospects and consultation with the nursing personnel on decisions concerning them (Articles 2, 3, 5, paragraph 1, 6(a) of the Convention. The Committee had therefore requested the Government to supply information in reply to these allegations, as well as detailed information on the application of certain other provisions of the Convention and statistical data, especially on the number of persons employed in the nursing profession and the number of persons who have left it.

The Committee takes note of the detailed information and statistical data supplied by the Government in its report in reply to the above-mentioned comments, as well as the legal texts adopted during the period covered by the report and the documentation attached thereto.

The Committee also takes note of the comments formulated by the Portuguese Nursing Personnel Union (SEP) on the Government's reply to the above-mentioned allegations. These comments were transmitted by the General Confederation of Workers of Portugal with its communication of 23 January 1990, a copy of which was sent on 9 February 1990 to the Government for its observations.

The Committee has examined the Government's reply and the comments of the SEP in a new direct request to which it would ask the Government to refer.