Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Select Committee on Health
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary)
2:00 am
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
No, and that is part of the difficulty. I would have to check that. It is one that since last month I have been trying to get into with the people officer. I agree with every single question the Deputy asks because I am asking the same ones. Let me give an example of where this is particularly problematic in Deputy Clarke's constituency in Mullingar, where 40% of the staff are agency and, where I know, for example, that they need an extra dietician to meet the diabetic need. Because of the way in which the balance and processes around Mullingar - it is not Mullingar's fault in any way - they are not able to recruit the additional dietician. This balance and process are wrong. There has not been sufficient progress on it. It is something that I assure the Deputy that I am trying to put my attention to to work out exactly the answers to the important questions he is asking. I agree with him.
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