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

Continuing on the issue of agency staff, I have put a question about this at a number of recent sessions. It is not so much the agency staff who might cover for maternity or sick leave but agency staff who are in effectively full-time, long-term roles. A significant proportion of an outpatient team, for example, might be agency staff. The answers I got indicated the HSE is now undertaking a process of moving agency staff to full-time HSE roles.

Two of the numbers given related to a recent moving of 300 people and, prior to that, 500 people. What are the witnesses’ reactions to this? Has it been an ongoing HSE process or is it something that the HSE has just done this year?