Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes
9:30 am
Dr. Orlaigh Quinn:
That would be a difficulty for us. We brought in almost 4,500 nurses since the pandemic, but they would be registered according to the registration that is required by the Department of Health. The Department of Health would have to revisit the equivalence for people who do not match our skills. That has not happened as far as I am aware.