Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This means looking at a situation where there has been a restriction on recruitment throughout the public service, as we know. There is an employment control framework. These additional jobs are being created outside of this employment control framework. There is no question, as the Deputy alleged, of downgrading the nursing profession. This is not being done.

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