HSE spent €15.7m on recruitment firms in 2022

The health service pointed to employment figures which showed the overall HSE workforce increased by around 1,400 between December last year and February this year, from 137,745 to 139,186.

THE HSE spent almost €16m on recruitment firms in 2022. Information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows that the health service spent €15.7m on the services of recruitment firms last year, with the vast majority of this money going towards just 30 companies.

The data revealed that CPL Solutions Limited received the most in terms of the HSE’s recruitment spend, bringing in €3.2m in 2022, while Kate Cowhig International took in €2.9m. TTM Healthcare Ltd was paid €1.9m while a further €1.3m went to CPL Healthcare Limited.