Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The recruitment in CDNTs is very slow. It is a number of months since the Minister of State informed me of that recruitment drive and people still do not seem to be in situ and there are still significant vacancies. I talked to parents in one session who said that people are applying for these positions, being offered them and not taking them, because all they want to do is show on their CV that they were offered the position, which is difficult for everybody. Has the Minister of State plans to address the section 39 pay parity issue, which is still affecting some CDNTs worse than others? What other incentives is she putting in place to get more staff into CDNTs?