Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to imply that we should not hire more staff. For instance, in terms of public health nurses, we are talking about expanding primary care but the number of public health nurses employed increased in the same period by 3.7%. I agree there must be an increase in administration management at all times but my problem is the disproportionate increase in some areas when there are other areas that need to increase their numbers. My concern is that that is not happening.