Colm Burke (Fine Gael)
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Can I come back on this as I think it is important? There was a sudden increase of 2,000 people who were not front-line staff, whether or not they were agency staff. I have raised with the Minister and the Department the lack of accountability in this regard. It is a pity that the same pro rataincrease was not provided in section 39 staff when it could have been. Probably some 300 or 400 fewer staff would have been recruited in administration.