Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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The agencies are having a huge difficulty. Homecare positions are not being filled. Middle management in CHO 8 told us last year that they were trying to increase the number of advertised posts. Again, it is costing more to employ them through the agencies because I know the figures we received last year. Is work being done to try to bring in a larger cohort of directly employed homecare staff?