Harris told the Dáil there isn't an embargo in the HSE and that 'sensible' decisions were being made
Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie MINISTER FOR HEALTH Simon Harris has said the recruitment controls put in place by the HSE are “sensible” after being pressed in the Dáil on the current embargo on some roles within the health service.
In some cases, individuals left their existing employment in the belief that they’d be starting their new job within the HSE on the start date they were given. It wasn’t until after the matter was first reported in the media that they were told this wouldn’t be the case. O’Reilly asked Harris today why an embargo has been placed on the hiring of staff in the health service. She said a previous Fianna Fáil government had done similar and “it is equally wrong now in light of the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis”.
O’Reilly replied that it was “like déjà vu all over again”. “The Minister’s predecessor when Fianna Fáil was in government did not call it an embargo either, but we all know that is what it was. I am little shocked,” she said.
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