Health service overspends budget by €250m on agency staff
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The health service spent €250 million more than budgeted on agency staff due to the use of higher-cost temporary workers. These costs come as delays to the new Children’s Hospital have now prevented treatment for 900,000 children.
Public sector pay negotiations begin on Monday at the Workplace Relations Commission following an agreement on a framework. Meanwhile, records indicate a 21% unemployment rate among international graduates from a specific master's programme in 2024.
A US investment firm is expected to raise rents following its planned buyout of the country’s largest private landlord. Elsewhere, a solicitor is back in court seeking reinstatement after her 2019 dismissal; her former firm argued that the decision was made without a formal disciplinary process.