Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take the point that there must be flexibility whereby staff can be requested to work an additional shift or whatever. However, when the cost of overtime is such a large figure and such a large percentage of the basic pay bill, one would assume that bringing in additional staff would be a significant component of reform which would significantly reduce the demand for additional hours on the service. In addition to flexibility in assigning some level of additional hours to existing staff, appointing additional personnel would surely see a reduction in the number of additional hours being paid.