The main union for nurses and midwives says the review group into their pay and conditions announced yesterday is welcome, but late to start.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says it'll will start work on Monday.
The INMO says the Expert Review Body must now focus on "unfinished business" from the strike deal agreed last year.
Its general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghda, who's from Ventry, says the group must hear directly from working nurses and midwives.