Pay rates in voluntary sector must be improved to address recruitment crisis, Minister says

The upshot, the trade union Fórsa says, is huge turnovers of staff as many social, community and health workers leave roles to take similar, but significantly better paid ones with the HSE or other public bodies.

“I do welcome the engagement in the process, but there is no doubt particularly in the disability sector, where we have a large number of Section 39s, we are finding it very difficult to recruit and to retain,” Ms Rabbitte said at the Fórsa Health and Welfare conference in Galway on Friday.“Some of my respite facilities are closed at the moment and that is because the providers are struggling to recruit because of the wage conditions. So this process is vital,” she said.

Earlier, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly also acknowledged “the incredibly important work” staff at the organisations carried out, adding that neither the country’s social services or its health services could be run without them.

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