HSE hires less than 1% of 'Be on Call' applicants after 73,000 apply

HSE CEO Paul Reid and Anne O’Connor, Chief Operations Officer of the HSE. Picture: Leon Farrel / Photocall Ireland

The HSE’s ‘Be on Call for Ireland’ has come in for renewed criticism after it emerged that just 321 people out of 73,000 applicants have been recruited.

Despite a personnel crisis due to Covid-19, the €600,000 HSE recruitment campaign has filled roles using just 0.4% of the scheme’s applicants.