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

Parallel with that, there has been a massive increase in the number of people working within our health service. in that context, there are 17,000 more people working in the health service than was the case at the beginning of 2020. That is a 15% increase and it includes more than 5,000 nurses, nearly 3,000 health and social care professionals and 1,800 doctors and dentists. We need to and will do more to provide additional capacity in the context of both personnel and beds.

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