Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will give one example and then I will move back to our members. We had evidence from a consultant a number of weeks ago to the effect that if the number of consultants in rheumatology, for instance, was increased from two to four or from one to two, the waiting list would dramatically drop for that service. I refer to that targeted recruitment, not just recruiting for recruitment's sake. Where there is a bottleneck in a service, targeted recruitment improves the outcomes and reduces the waiting lists. That is the type of recruitment I am speaking of because that then leads to better outcomes and probably saves money in the end.