Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Eamonn Donnelly:

We will send them on. The picture we painted of 8% of whole-time equivalent posts being vacant has not changed dramatically.

The recruitment processes have certainly not sped up. Therefore, there would be no reason for the picture to change.