Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To be frank, my crisis is now. While we are working to recruit internationally and the HSE is working hard to put in relocation packages to support that complement, I am also looking at the master's degree programmes. The class of 2020 who qualified in science could pivot immediately into physiotherapy, occupational therapy or speech and language therapy. Similarly, I am looking at postgraduate courses in psychology, through which we could fill a portion of teams, provide clinical oversight and, at the same time, deliver interventions.

We are also working in tandem with ETBs. I have named a half-dozen ETBs that are on the page of delivering courses that, although they last only one year, keep people in college and in service. We need to see more of that. There are a large number of ETBs and we need to have a whole-of-education approach, not a one-prong approach relating just to ETBs. It is needs to be across the gamut and include working on international recruitment.

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