Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is what I am saying about wasting money. We cannot pay the same as agencies but when those agencies hire staff, they charge the HSE more than what they are paying the agency staff. It is a double standard. There is triple the standard pay difference between agency staff that are well capable of working within the system and probably want real jobs. It is not Mr. Reaney's fault but I want to make the point. There is huge waste in this, even in recruitment and retention. We will never fill this if we have a private sector that is 47% of nearly all the CHOs. It is even the case with CAMHS, which seems to be filled by agency staff. Is that correct?