Housing for healthcare workers ‘too little, too late’ - Labour

He said individual hospitals are already looking for various properties near their hospital, and “hospital-linked” accommodation could be included in the next Budget."To suggest that this is something the HSE can deal with has already been contested by the head of the HSE, who said it's outside of their area out expertise," she said.

“It is too little too late,” she said. “But I think it is also not good enough to suggest that this is something that is standalone [for healthcare workers].”“It's affecting the recruitment and retention of teachers, of Gardaí, so it’s across the public service,” she said. Deputy Bacik said this is also affecting private businesses – “hospitality, retail, construction itself”.Labour’s plan to build one million homes in Ireland over the next ten years – 50,000 new builds and 50,000 refurbished homes a year.

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