Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

However, I do understand that the local area monitoring unit in the HSE is considering an application to fill this vacancy. The operation of the employment control framework, including the moratorium on recruitment, is kept under review by this Department, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Health Service Executive.

The HSE will be focusing on the scope that exists within the health services for the reorganising and restructuring of work in order to minimise the impact on essential service delivery. The redeployment and reassignment of existing staff will also support the reorientation of care from hospitals to the community and to facilitate the development of integrated care. It is seeking a high level of flexibility from staff and unions to achieve this.

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