Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 51032-26
Deputy 0'Flynn asked about a full lifecycle cost-benefit analysis comparing long-term direct employment with agency staffing. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: July 2026
Updated: August 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1079 of 6 May 2026, which confirmed that no formal cost-benefit analysis comparing long-term direct employment with agency staffing has been conducted, and that the only comparator in use is a generic 30% premium which by her Department's own account excludes pension provisions over an employee's career; if her Department intends to commission a full lifecycle cost-benefit analysis; and if not, the reason.
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