Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Tá dhá cheist agam - Ceisteanna Uimh. 7 agus 8 - so leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh le Ceist Uimh. 7 agus tiocfaidh mé ar ais arís le Ceist Uimh. 8. We learned last week that 9,000 staff are leaving the public service. To the surprise of some of his Cabinet colleagues, the Taoiseach spoke about transition teams that were put in place. Are those transition teams in place? An bhfuil siad ag bualadh le chéile go fóill agus cé chomh minic a bhuail siad? Má tá said ag bualadh, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta acu? Has progress been made and how is the transition being managed? From my soundings around health professionals, health workers and so on I have a sense there is no real plan in place to deal with the ongoing crisis in the health service where 4,300 workers are leaving and there are €700 million worth of cuts. It would be useful to get a sense of how the exodus and the cuts are being managed.

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