Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting

9:30 am

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

In fairness, every graduate nurse who wanted a job in Ireland after the recruitment pause got one. They have all been contracted and deployed. Every allied health professional available to work in disability services is being given a job. They are being offered jobs at an expedited rate. An additional recruitment campaign for allied health professionals has taken place. I have relaxed the moratorium now, progressing towards things like midwifery and other essential posts. As a result, I would not agree that is the message we give.