Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

During the Covid pandemic, it was entirely understandable that certain measures had to be taken that would not normally be taken. On recruitment, given the very serious strains the health services had to work under, which they did very well during the pandemic, to what extent could the projected expenditure have been measured more carefully in the aftermath of that pandemic and crisis, in comparison with other European countries and near neighbours?