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Healthcare
Healthcare Occupations
Employment growth over the five-year period for healthcare occupations was slightly above the national average although growth between 2021 and 2022 was particularly strong, with an additional 15,000 persons employed. Employment permits continued to be a significant source of skills for these occupations with 6,400 new permits issued in 2022. Progress was made in 2022 in addressing staffing needs according to the Sláintecare Action Plan 2023. Despite this, demand across all healthcare occupations remains strong. The number of training places for many healthcare occupations is expected to increase strongly in the coming years, particularly for nursing, medicine, and therapy related courses, which may go some way in alleviating current issues with sourcing many of the healthcare occupations.
Skills shortages: medical practitioners, nurses.