Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)

With regard to the savings and productivity task force, I heard what the Minister said on cumulative savings of €633 million. I would like to see a breakdown for the 2025 targets. The Minister detailed the 2024 savings to a certain extent. I want to understand the agency figures. As Deputy Cullinane and the Labour Party have elicited from parliamentary questions, the agency spend is increasing and not decreasing. We see in certain hospitals, particularly in model 2 hospitals, that the agency spend on staffing is up to 20%. This is a phenomenal overreliance on agency staff. What specific actions are being taken when there is a systemic reliance on agency staff? It is different to other hospitals where we see 1% or 2%. This is up to 20% in the likes of the hospitals in Mullingar and Bantry and other model 2 and 3 hospitals.