Ms Aideen Carberry:

I wish to add to Mr. Ginley's comments on the difficulties faced in the voluntary sector, in particular. What we find anecdotally with section 39 voluntary sector organisations, across Dublin in particular, is that they may have longer-term members of staff who are more than happy to stay but the real difficulty they are facing in respect of recruitment and retention is with younger staff. In many cases, they do not offer the likes of guaranteed hours contracts. Where they do, the number of hours guaranteed is quite low. Younger people coming into the sector are obviously looking for good terms and conditions. We are hearing a lot about the cost of living crisis and the housing crisis at the moment. As a result, these individuals are going to the likes of the acute sector and the HSE.