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Sat 06 Jun 2007HSE set to replace agency staff in westThe Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing having to create up to 150 new clerical and administrative posts in the west to replace positions hit by a controversial Government recruitment embargo in 2002.The move follows a ruling by the Labour Court that the HSE's practice of employing clerical staff provided by an outside agency, on an ongoing basis, breached the terms of national agreements.