Unadvertised HSE jobs filled by relatives of staff

HEALTH Service Executive staff in several parts of the country have been securing jobs for their own family members without holding an open competition as required under the HSE’s own general recruitment policy.

The Irish Examiner has established that temporary vacancies which have arisen in the HSE in Cork and Limerick in recent weeks have largely been filled by the spouses and children of HSE staff. None of thevacant positions were publicly advertised.

The revelations have raised fear and anger that there may be a widespread culture of providing jobs for relatives within the HSE at a time when there are more than 440,000 people on the Live Register.