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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