Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the same matter, central to the crisis, which is just one on the list of crises to which we continually refer which are presided over by the Minister's Government, is the issue of recruitment and retention. It is only weeks since a Sinn Féin Private Members' motion was passed which instructed the Government to prioritise pay as part of the recruitment and retention process. This has not been done. It is not good enough to say that we have to wait for the Public Service Pay Commission. Something needs to be done now. If we do not address the issue of recruitment and retention, we will continue to come into this House day after day and list off new crises within our health service. Recruitment and retention need to be tackled as a matter of priority.

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