David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Going back to the €600 million, is any of that money that was earmarked for the additional staff we were not able to hire? In 2022, it was anticipated that 10,000 staff would be hired and we might have reached approximately 5,500. We are still approximately 300 beds shy of the 1,200 beds that are funded. All of that money was allocated and of course it was not spent, so does that make up some of the money that was then used?