Senior Minister earlier said Government ‘expects and insists’ that HSE should work within agreements
Standing in for the Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil, Helen McEntee faced criticism over moves by the HSE to introduce an extended core day which would run from 8am to 8pm and to roster staff for any five out of seven days in a week. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos
He said regional managers had “sanction to make roster changes to this cohort of staff, subject to notification of two weeks, with immediate effect”. In the Dáil, Independent TD Séamus Healy described the HSE chief’s memo as an “aggressive, maverick and indeed bully-boy diktat”. Ms McEntee said it was “absolutely the case that the HSE must, will and will always work within the relevant framework”.
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