David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is it fair to say that there are thousands of people we could recruit into the public system but we will not be able to do so because the funding will not be there to do it. In the past three years, there was substantial net growth in staff. We all accept and welcome that. However, is it not fair to say that next year will probably see a much lower increase than any of the previous years?