Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Our guests are very welcome. I thank them very much for attending. We have dealt in great detail with hiring in respect of neurological and so on. I will ask about recruitment. I acknowledge that there has been a significant increase in recruitment in the past 12 months. What worries me is that there has been a bigger increase in management and administration than front-line staff. Will Mr. Gloster explain why that is? We often hear that the HSE is top-heavy with management. Yet, the figures we saw today indicate there is a greater increase in management and administration than those in the front line. Will Mr. Gloster provide some detail on that?