Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That brings me on to my final question. I was approached by people who work for the HSE providing home care regarding agencies. There seems to be a bit of conflict, at least in my area, about the HSE employing agency staff instead of employing people directly. What is Mr. Reid's opinion on that? Why does the HSE use agencies when people are available who could do the work and are employed by the HSE? They are not getting full hours and yet the HSE is bringing agency nurses in to do it instead. There is a bit of a conflict over that to the effect that the priority should be given to the HSE workers. I am not going into industrial relations or anything like that.