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)
I do not think it is that straightforward. There are a number of different agency conversion difficulties. Some people just do not want to work full time. Some people have retired from the health system. We are trying to work out whether there are ways in which they can be brought back. In many cases, while we have largely recruited the number of additional permanent consultants required, there is also a need for locums from time to time. We want the same thing. I do not necessarily accept the point about a position having to be advertised. We are trying to recruit in advance. For example, for the 96-bed block in Limerick, those staff were recruited well in advance of the block opening. We are doing the same thing with surgical hubs and so on.
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