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

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HEALTH

Just as housing has been a challenge for our society, a challenge that we are rising to, so, of course, the last three and half years have been a period of great challenge for our health services. Similar to other countries, the health sector continues to experience the impacts of the post-emergency phase of the pandemic.

In recognition of these challenges the Government has prioritised very significant investment in the health services with a level of spending without precedent. As a result of this, we spend more of our national income on health than many other countries.

This investment is delivering:

• An expansion in capacity through the funding of over 2,500 additional beds in hospital and community settings and
• An increase of over 22,000 staff through additional recruitment.

We have cut costs for patients across the board; we have removed hospital charges; we have had the biggest expansion of access to free GP care in the history of the State-----

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