Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The question hardly needs explaining because it is quite simple. In the context of a recruitment and retention crisis, ever-escalating waiting lists and a seemingly endless budget for agency staff and the national children's hospital, why has an embargo been placed on the hiring of staff in the health service? It was wrong when such an embargo was implemented by the then Fianna Fáil Government - I fought the move at that time - and it is equally wrong now in light of the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis.

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