The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is welcoming a new recruitment drive announced by the HSE.
The campaign will focus on social media - in the hope of filling 500 posts here.
It's offering salaries between 27 thousand and 43 thousand euro.
The INMO is warning however, that the package is NOT as competitive as those on offer in the UK.
Deputy General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Dave Hughes says the package has come a little late:
But Interim director of human resources at the HSE Ian Tegerdine thinks they've got the balance right: