Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a minute and a half left and I wish to ask one more question. I thank the witnesses for their responses. The answer I got to a parliamentary question I posed on vacant consultant posts stated 837 posts were unfilled or filled temporarily, which means that 22% of all hospital consultant posts are not permanently filled. In the minute and a half of my time left, will the witnesses outline to me what they would do differently if they were in the HSE to attract more consultants into the system? What needs to change to attract more consultants in and to start filling those vacant posts?

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