Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Health Information and Quality Authority
Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source
I thank Ms Dunnion for that answer. I have one final question. I want to understand the dynamic in the relationship between HIQA and the institutes of higher education. HIQA has made specific recommendations on the need for more graduates, etc. Does it have a statutory role in determining that dynamic? Does it have influence in leaning on Tusla and the Department to be able to suggest that if certain courses of action are taken, certain programmes are created or there is engagement with a particular institution, more places could be created to meet the shortages? I understand HIQA can make recommendations, but is that all it can do? Does it have any power to follow through on them?
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