Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With due respect, we were not asking for these people to be given permanent posts. We were asking for them to be rehired on a contract for a specified period of time to get through the backlog. There is chaos out there at the moment. Has the RSA come back to the Minister of State seeking to rehire these 30 people? If not, that means it has had to go to the open market to hire more than 60 people when there were 30 experienced people already in situ. You could not make it up. It is almost like a comedy show.