Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is so far, and the HSE is going to repeat the recruitment campaign with a view to offering more positions in this area, to ultimately properly resource the CDNT teams. I also believe we need to look at it from a human resources management perspective to make sure that people recruited into the CDNT teams have an environment that is conducive, which incentivises them and makes for a sustainable career pathway into the future.

There has been an issue with the multidisciplinary teams in terms of attracting various social and healthcare staff into the CDNT teams, perhaps in some cases because of the burden of the workload and so on. I have met with people myself, including providers, on this specific issue. Recruitment is a key part of it but also, once we recruit we must ensure that the quality of the working environment is such that we retain staff and give them career pathways into the future.

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