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Fri 06 Jun 2000Staff recruitment problems delay the special care unit for disturbed children
The challenging nature of childcare work and the cost of living in Dublin, particularly prohibitive house prices, have caused major problems for the recruitment of adequate numbers of care workers for a new 24-bed special care unit for troubled children at Ballydowd, Lucan, the High Court has been told.
The problems in recruiting staff, and some delays in completion of the unit itself, meant just one of the three eight-bed units at Ballydowd would be operational by the end of August, with a second expected to be partly operational by October, Mr Justice Kelly was told yesterday. Full operation depended on getting the staff numbers required.
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