Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Overall, with regard to the allocation of resources and recruitment, there has been very extended financial provision, both last year and this year, for the acute hospital service. An increase in capacity has been provided for across the country. I do not have the specifics for Sligo hospital. Close to 4,500 staff were recruited in the HSE this year, and over 6,000 were recruited in 2020. Between the two years, about 11,000 have been recruited. A significant number of additional nursing and medical staff are included in those figures. I will ask the HSE to focus specifically on Sligo to determine how we can help further and alleviate pressure there in the next while.

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