Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is Ms Mannion disputing the INMO figure that there is not more than 13 additional nursing staff? It does not matter to the patient what is written on the payslip of the nurse standing by their bedside. While it matters to the nurse and to the HSE figures, conversion from agency does not actually add additional hours to the system. When the budget was announced, the INMO stated that, on balance, the actual increase was 13 nurses. I fully appreciate there is more to health care delivery than nursing staff.