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

As I said, it was a different Government at the time but the same line was used, namely that there was no moratorium, just a pause.

In truth, I and other Deputies see it. We know that in some instances, albeit erroneously, they have committed to writing that there is a moratorium, yet they come in here and deny it. Was there a recovery? Are we working off a higher base than we would have been? Was there a significant uplift in recruitment that would buffer us against this, or are we still falling from one to another?