Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I am sorry as I had to pop out for a moment. We had some newly elected MPs from the North down.

Let me move on with the questioning. My first question is on agency staff. For the year in question, there is a cost of €99.5 million, and for 2021 the figure is €91.8 million. This has arisen with other bodies, and obviously there can be explanations, but why is this such a huge spend on agency staff in the Department? Is it on veterinary services, mainly?