Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas recruitment drives undertaken by the Health Service Executive in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the location of each recruitment drive; the number of nurses, midwives, social workers and so on recruited at each recruitment drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6866/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The HSE National Recruitment Service conducted a single overseas recruitment drive in India and Pakistan in 2011 for Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors. This initiative resulted in the recruitment of 290 doctors, of whom 236 were appointed in 2011 and 54 were appointed in 2012.

In 2008, seven Senior Speech and Language Therapists and two Senior Occupational Therapists were appointed from Australia/New Zealand, as a result of video link interviews following a recruitment drive in Australia/New Zealand in 2007.

No other overseas recruitment initiatives were conducted by the HSE in 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011.