Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha:
No. The point is that the memo of 20 June 2019 instructs that nobody who seeks to return from a career break should be sanctioned to return. The point is that if we are in the business of providing healthcare with safe levels of staffing, these instructions should exempt front-line staff. There should be an exemption for front-line staff.