David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Hope will not cut it, because the Minister was emphatic when he was here. To finish in the few seconds I have left, even the embargo and the fact there is a recruitment embargo on some front-line positions, though not all, sends out a very poor message at a time when we are trying to recruit into the health service. When those who work on the front-line, but especially those who are in training colleges, hear "recruitment embargo" it is not the message we have sent out with budget 2024. Putting that embargo in place was a very bad decision.