Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

A range of issues is impacting on our ability to recruit new staff and retain existing staff across the CDNT network. Undoubtedly, pay is one of those. It is also fair to say that even in HSE-led CDNTs we are having problems regarding recruitment and retention as well. I do not think it is solely because of the pay differential between HSE-led and section 38- or section 39-led CDNTs. I do not want to minimise, however, the significance of this issue either.

As I mentioned earlier, one aspect in this regard is the roadmap in terms of progressing PDS. This sets out a range of issues we are examining in respect of addressing these crucial challenges in recruitment and retention. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and I will obviously engage in respect of these wider issues in the context of pay, and obviously determinations on this level are also a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe.

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