IMPACT claims HSE job vacancies filled by nepotism

THE trade union IMPACT has expressed serious concern about the manner in which recent vacancies for community welfare officers (CWOs) in Limerick have been filled by the HSE.

It follows revelations in the Irish Examiner that the spouses and children of existing employees in the HSE Mid-West region were recruited to the positions without an open competition being held.

IMPACT yesterday demanded answers from the HSE as to why there appears to have been a departure from its normal recruitment process in how applicants for around a dozen vacancies as temporary CWOs were selected.