Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My understanding is that the clinical programmes have been advertised but unfortunately, as we all know, recruitment of staff across the HSE can take up to 50 weeks. When someone applies for a post sometimes that person's current post has to be backfilled before he or she is released. This has created challenges. The leader of the clinical programmes, Dr. Amir Niazi, whom I met only last week to discuss all the clinical programmes, is working really hard in relation to recruitment.