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Sat 05 May 2007HSE chief considers 'docking' salaries of nursesUp to 40,000 nurses who have been engaged in a work-to-rule for more than four weeks face having about 13 per cent of their pay deducted under proposals to be considered by health service management on Tuesday.The Irish Timesunderstands that the withdrawal of pay increases of 13.5 per cent granted under the Sustaining Progress national agreement is one of the main options set out in a paper to be considered by the head of the Health Service Executive (HSE), Prof Brendan Drumm.