Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-23
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

There is always a need for flexibility and agility when it is hard to fill posts. We are recruiting record levels, more than ever. We have set a target of a two-thirds reduction in agency staff in 2025. The Deputy made a very important point that I want to deal with directly about radiation therapists and cancer treatment. This is a real issue and I thank her for raising it. There are vacancies when it comes to radiation therapists in our radiation oncology centres. These vacant posts are still available to be recruited; in other words, they are funded posts. There has been a recent independent review of radiation therapy professionals which published recommendations. We are working very closely because these posts are funded and we want to fill them quickly.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-23