Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure whether this is a question for the Department or the HSE but will Mr. Gloster outline the policy as it applies to a particular unit, whether a maternity unit, a mental health unit or whatever, when there are new roles coming along and new recruitment happening and where roles have been staffed by an agency staff person for quite a long time? In a world where there are finite resources and finite abilities to staff, what is the procedure or how is the decision made? What is the preference? How is the decision made? Do we make agency staff permanent or do we bring in new roles?