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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, those job advertisements are going up-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: In Ms Connolly’s estimation, is the number of those advertisements increasing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: That is where I was heading with the question. Some of those 10,000 agency workers are in genuine posts of one, three or four weeks and filling a gap that does not lend itself to long-term employment, but in Ms Connolly’s estimation from working with people in the sector, what percentage of the 10,000 agency workers should we look to convert to full-time staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I am trying to make up some time for the Chair, so I will just ask one more question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Before that, does Mr. Jennings or Ms Carroll wish to reply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I appreciate that point. This committee often discusses the cost to the service, but there is also a personal cost to the workers, who do not enjoy the same rights as the people working beside them in the same jobs. Now that we have technically ended the embargo and are discussing staff ceilings, what is the witnesses’ understanding of the difference between one and the other?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I will probably only use five minutes of my time, as I have to be in the Chamber in five minutes’ time. How likely is it that this situation could end up in a strike?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: It was said in the opening statement that the HSE has not engaged properly. What would a proper engagement look like?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: On strategic planning and business improvement, am I reading the statement correctly that there is a figure of €79 million for a year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: What did they spend €79 million on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: There is no need to name names but in the second paragraph of the statement, it says that private consultancy firms were involved with this business plan. Do we know the composition of these?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: It is an extraordinary amount of money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: If I am reading this correctly, strategic planning and business improvement is the pay and numbers strategy. Am I reading that correctly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Kelly. We had this discussion when others came in, around the 2,500 extra staff. Bernard Gloster led us off and he talked about deserving posts. When we had the HSE and the Department in, I asked about this. There was an impression out there first of all that we were hiring willy-nilly, that they were not really important posts. Bernard Gloster talked about deserving posts....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: I am getting the nod from the clerk. We are over time. I was looking at the clock in front of me but, apparently, he is looking at another clock. We are over time. I am conscious of the broadcasting staff and everyone else. I thank the witnesses for coming in. This has been a useful session. For the couple of weeks we have left, we will try to follow up on some of the issues. On...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (23 Oct 2024)

Colm Burke: More than 2,000 people participated in overdose awareness and naloxone administration training in 2023. The work is ongoing in relation to having more people trained in its administration. Regarding availability, more than 6,000 units were given out last year, with 4,000 units distributed by July of this year. It is available where we believe there is a need for it. The international...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (23 Oct 2024)

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (23 Oct 2024)

Alan Kelly: There was a recent meeting of councillors from the Nenagh municipal district with the new Garda superintendent. The cross-party group of councillors came out of the meeting pretty shocked because he more or less admitted that he did not have the resources in the Tipperary-Clare division to meet the requirements of the area. He was pretty matter-of-fact about it. He has to be admired for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (23 Oct 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter in the House. I convey the apologies of my colleague, the Minster for Justice, Deputy McEntee, who regrets she cannot be here for this matter due to another commitment. As the Deputy will be aware, by law, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of Garda members and resources between the various Garda stations and divisions....

Prelude (23 Oct 2024)