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

As such, there is no specific catch-up initiative. There were serious recruitment and retention issues before the pandemic. They were partly caused by recruitment embargoes imposed by the previous three Governments, even though their members give out about them now. With regard to the need to catch up on services, which the witnesses have not addressed, and the restart of services which were already understaffed, has the HSE identified the need for a specific recruitment campaign? Does the HSE have a target for the number of staff members that will be necessary in each grade, group and category, and has this target been published?