Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Joint Committee On Health
Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion
Mr. Kevin Brady:
I will add to Ms O'Kelly's points. We have been running a rolling campaign for the past number of years for staff nurses in the area. It has yielded little across the full CHO that I am responsible for, that is, mental health services in St. James's, Tallaght and Kildare and CAMHS. People have a choice in where they work, which poses a significant challenge. I will pay credit to the director of nursing and the nurse management staff who have been very creative in determining how to incentivise people, notwithstanding the issue that Ms O'Kelly mentioned, and engage with higher education institutions, for example, making site visits, providing lectures to staff and showing how good the service is. It is a flagship service and its facilities are second to none.
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