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

As I said, the issue of recruitment and retention in CDNTs is the top priority for the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and me. We will look to support all measures that we can see that will start to address the major issues in this context. I recognise that pay and the pay differential is part of this issue. We have seen that issues concerning organisations providing services to the HSE have been addressed in the past. I am thinking especially of the way in which the hospices have recently been addressed. The outcome of that process will be seen as a success. There is, therefore, capacity in this regard. The number of organisations in this regard is much larger and we must recognise this fact. As I said, however, the Minister of State and I will work within the Government to see what solutions we can achieve to address the pay concerns here and through that part of the mechanism address the overall lack of filling of spaces in CDNTs.

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