Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fair enough. It is an extremely important component in reconfiguring resources within the health services. In light of the fact that we are hopefully heading into a new structure, with Mr. Gloster having established a temporary management structure in the HSE, with regional health authorities, RHAs, coming in 2024, there is a serious challenge in recruiting staff. I welcome that there will hopefully be a new international campaign but there is also the issue of retaining staff. What will be the structure in the RHAs? Will each area be responsible for recruiting its own staff? Will we centralise back-office systems for human resources? What are the plans to try to reduce the amount of turnover? The RHAs will hopefully come quickly but I am slightly concerned. While we have significantly increased the numbers retained in the health services in the last couple of years, what is the plan to build further capacity and hold on to the capacity we have?