Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
In the general sense, there will be a pause for the remainder of this year because it is linked to the funded number. I have confirmed internally that we have a number of people acting in higher positions, for good reasons like hospital managers covering maternity leaves, and so on. Where they come up for automatic renewal they do not affect the numbers, so they are renewed. If there is a critical senior vacancy to be filled, it can be filled internally with approval, but ultimately within the overall same number. Somebody might move from one position to another on a temporary promotion to fill a more critical vacancy, but ultimately there is a vacancy left behind him or her somewhere.
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