But a government minister says this case has exposed flaws in the HSE's recruitment process.
Reform of how hospital staff are recruited is needed, according to a junior minister.
The post of paediatric diabetes nurse at Mullingar Regional Hospital has been filled after lying vacant for almost two years.
The chosen candidate cannot start until 2022, but a temporary clinical nurse specialist has been appointed and the service will resume later this month.
Longford-Westmeath Fianna Fáil TD and junior minister Robert Troy says this case has exposed flaws in the HSE's recruitment process:
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