Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The presentations are full of worthy aspirations. In one part the HSE admits it will need 52 new people trained in scanning throughout the 19 maternity units to provide services that would be required depending on outcomes. Over the summer, 11 beds in a mental health unit for young people in Cherry Orchard were closed because the health service could not retain the nurses because they are not paid adequately. What is the HSE's plan to fund this wonderful aspirational improvement in obstetric medicine for women? I am all for it but the HSE will not pay nurses adequately. There is evidence of trained psychiatric and other nurses leaving the country because they are not getting proper wages. What is its plan to get these staff to train and stay?