Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The issue for someone like me looking at how the recruitment pause has affected this, is that no funding has been given to an area that should have been higher on the list in the phased roll-out, not only because I represent the area, but because it has a particular set of acute services that are affected by that decision. The fear is that, with the recruitment pause, it will be a long process for it to be rolled out. Mr. Canavan stated that the recruitment pause is a direct result of the €500 million ahead of profile that was discussed with Deputy Cullinane. Will the witnesses give a timeline for the recruitment pause in the next few years if that overrun ahead of profile persists?