Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 13741-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the average time taken to fill funded vacant posts. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: March 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 13741-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether the average time taken to fill funded vacant posts, from approval to commencement in post, is monitored at national level; if so, the most recent national figure; and if not, whether she will introduce a national time-to-fill benchmark as a matter of policy.
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