Call for recruitment and retention bonus for therapists to boost staff numbers in children's disability service

Disabilities Minister Anne Rabbitte has requested a recruitment and retention bonus for therapists.

The HSE has been asked to examine the possibility of recruitment and retention bonuses for therapists to boost staff numbers.

The request by Anne Rabbitte, the Minister of State for Disabilities, comes at a time when health unions are preparing to ballot for industrial action over the failure to honour a previous pay deal.