Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I fully accept that. I know there are challenges in getting staff. Can the conditions of employment of home care workers be reviewed with a view to trying to make it more attractive to come into that area? I fully accept that it is a challenge for management to get staff. Is it now time to look at the conditions, pay and all the issues relating to home care to see if we can encourage more people to come into it?