Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I am sure, or I hope, the Minister is aware that we have a major crisis in being able to recruit and retain teachers, nurses, other allied health professionals and people in the mental health area and many other key areas, such as construction and so on. At the back of all of this, as the reports coming out make clear if it was not already clear, is the lack of affordable housing for people, particularly in areas like Dublin and the epicentres of the housing crisis. I ask what the Minister is doing from a public expenditure point of view to address this recruitment crisis and the housing crisis that lies behind it.

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