Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That was the report I referenced. I will talk to the Minister for Health and the task force that he set up. I will familiarise myself and come back to the Deputy on whether that can be published. I certainly want to meet the advocacy groups with the head of the HSE and the Minister for Health at the start of next month to see how more progress can be made on this issue, and to discuss any information, reports or otherwise that are in place and that can be helpful in this regard.

In response to Deputy Boyd Barrett regarding St. Michael's Hospital, the embargo has been lifted but there is a pay and numbers strategy, as there is for every organisation. Whether it is the Garda Commissioner, the Minister for Education or the head of the HSE, people have to hire in accordance with their budgets. There was a blunter instrument in place that was causing a significant challenge and we have replaced that with a very significant level of investment.

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