Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Select Committee on Health
Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary)
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Yes, I think it is being done. For example, agency nursing staff are being used right across the system. I would like a HSE where we never need agency staff or perhaps if there is a surge somewhere that one could bring in agency staff. What I want is safe staffing levels for nursing and midwifery so that the reliance on agency staff is reduced.