Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion
Mr. Liam Woods:
I will take that. As the Deputy rightly says, we are encouraging a conversion from agency staff to whole-time staff. The resources available for agency staff are available to fund full-time staff. We would, therefore, deliberately uplift the headcount ceiling of a hospital that previously had staff employed through an agency. We would encourage it because, as the Deputy will be aware, it is better in both safety and financial terms. We are approving posts like that.
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