Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Dr. John Hillery:

The proposals about recruitment go back to when I was a boy. They are there, especially in that recent report commissioned by the HSE which talks about things like preparing for retirement and having job descriptions in place. It is actually simple stuff that would happen in any company, but it has not being happening in the HSE. I cannot tell the members why. It was also happening in the old health boards. It is very frustrating.