Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A group of students in the west of Ireland who have qualified as psychiatric nurses have contacted me. They were previously told there would be full-time work for them. From what I understand, there are approximately 11 or 12 of them who will be taken on full time. At a time when we are employing huge numbers of agency nurses, what sort of mathematics goes on in the HSE? Do we want to actually start employing young people in this country? We have an opportunity to do it. Are we going to educate young people for England or Australia to have the benefit out of what we are doing? Will the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, instruct the HSE to make sure all those students who have gone through the whole process and are fully qualified in the psychiatric service, a service which is actually in turmoil at the moment, will be taken on full time?

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