Dr. Susan Finnerty:

The HSE appears to be very willing to allow staff to go on for further training. We are back again to the spiral. The difficulty is to release the staff for training because they do not have enough staff. It is a spiral. As we do not have the critical mass of staff, it is very hard to retain those who are there without introducing motivating factors. Even when motivating factors such as training are introduced, staff find they cannot be released. It is a big problem.