Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask about the recruitment exercise. The Minister has dismissed any prospect of an intervention on this matter in the past. There are difficulties recruiting nursing staff with the significant hike in the registration fees in recent years. It is quite significant and is having a very negative impact on the existing complement of nursing staff, never mind those we might recruit.

I have a final question on the deferred so-called elective procedures.