Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In the budget announced a few short weeks ago, the Taoiseach deliberately decided to underfund the health service. Despite the system creaking at the seams, he stated that there was no issue at all. In fact, he denied having underfunded things.

Now it seems the Government has done a U-turn on that matter and a further €1 billion will be allocated to the HSE. This is an admission that the Government has got it wrong. Does this additional funding mean the Government will end the disastrous recruitment freeze in the health service?

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