Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not welching on any agreement. A process was put in place between the Department of Health and my Department and that process is being carried out. On the different points the Deputy puts to me and the effect of recruitment, my colleague, the Minister for Health, is best placed to comment on the effect of that campaign. I note, to emphasise the figures, that the number of nurses working within the HSE has grown this summer compared with last summer when there were 34,953 nurses working within the health service. That figure now stands at 35,538.

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