Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
There seems to be a real issue whereby we are training graduates but we are not hiring them, we have these long waiting lists and we are outsourcing instead of directly hiring this cohort. It is not just in this area. It happens in radiation therapy and across the board. We are training highly skilled people but not guaranteeing them employment. Our services are then lacking.
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