Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the Minister for Health to revert to the Deputy directly on the issue.

To put it in context, as of August of this year, there were 27,901 more staff working in the health service than there were in 2020. That is 9,375 additional nurses, 6,184 other people working across the hospitals, 4,092 health and social care professionals and 3,330 doctors and dentists. There are tens of thousands more people working in the health service now than there were when this Government came to office. On the specifics, we will follow up.

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