Martin dismisses ‘so-called recruitment embargo’, says needs to be a focus on ‘deployment and outcomes’
Tánaiste Micheál Martin said 3,068 nurses had been recruited since May 2023 and overall there were 28,500 more staff in the health service than at the start of 2020.
Speaking in the Dáil on Thursday, Mr Martin said “there was a very substantial increase in health spending in the first three to four months of this year. It is substantial in its own right because of the budget. On Wednesday, the Department of Health reported that health spending is running at more than €500 million over budget for the first four months of this year, with approximately 75 per cent of that in the acute hospital sector.
He pointed to a members’ survey conducted by the Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation which showed that 70 per cent were concerned that patient safety was at risk because of staffing shortfalls. He said health staff were sitting interviews and then being told that there was no job because of the recruitment embargo.”
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