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

I do not accept that the current embargo, as it is called, has caused this issue because 28,000 extra people have been recruited into the health service since 2020. One has to wonder why specific healthcare professional categories were not recruited with the same success as other categories have been. I have recently asked for data on audiologists because, as the Deputy knows, there are now significant increases in the number of places in third-level colleges to increase the training places for a whole range of therapists.

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