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:

No, there is flexibility within panels. In fact, to return to my point about career progression, people might not jump from one area to another if there was a system of career progression. We are in a conversation with national recruitment services in the HSE about the problems recruitment is causing not just in social work, but everywhere. It is a cumbersome process.