Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed)

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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Sorry, but with all due respect, we have been hearing for years about the piecemeal approach to this; we have an extra this number of places in a certain college and so on. When will there be a comprehensive workforce plan that deals with all aspects of this? When we have asked about workforce planning before, we have been told about recruitment, which is an entirely different thing. I am concerned about this “we are both responsible” thing. It is both, everybody and no one. Is there a workforce plan on paper that we can actually see?