Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The agencies are having a huge difficulty. Homecare positions are not being filled. Middle management in CHO 8 told us last year that they were trying to increase the number of advertised posts. Again, it is costing more to employ them through the agencies because I know the figures we received last year. Is work being done to try to bring in a larger cohort of directly employed homecare staff?