Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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304. To ask the Minister for Health when he, in consultation with the HSE, will lift the recruitment embargo currently in place within the HSE (details supplied). [21074/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Funding has been made available for an additional 2,969 staff for 2024. This represents 2,268 via the Department of Health and 701 via the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and is outlined in the HSE National Service Plan approved and published on 14 February 2024.

I have approved the New Developments allocation of the resources relevant to the health budget and plans to recruit these 2,268 additional staff are now in motion. This will enable the HSE to set out its recruitment targets in each area for 2024 and will inform decisions at local level on the filling of available posts, including the engagement of new staff, transfer of staff across locations and placements of those returning to work following a career break.

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.