John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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659. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff, their qualifications and the number of staff in each category who are required to provide services at Kilkenny and Carlow child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; if there are vacancies in any category; if so, the length of time that each vacancy has existed; the efforts that have been made by the HSE to fill each vacancy; if he will set out the level of funding provided in each of the past five years to improve the services and the physical infrastructure of CAMHS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27366/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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660. To ask the Minister for Health if it is now HSE policy to re-employ staff who have retired; if so, what are the implications for existing staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27369/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. My Department's understanding is that retired staff are re-employed in circumstances where it is necessary to do so to support service provision, typically in circumstances where it would not be possible otherwise to fill a post.