Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Following on from that, is that not a challenge as to why you cannot even get an applicant for some posts that are advertised, because of the requirement to work one in three weekends or one in four? As a result people are saying they do not want to take on that job, they can get a job where they will have at least five or six weekends off completely, and they might work one in six or one in seven weekends. Therefore the smaller hospitals are going to have that challenge of trying to get staff while the present structure of their employment is as it is now.