Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We all want a better health service for all, and that is what we are working for on a daily basis. That is why we provided the largest ever health budget, why we have the largest number of people ever working in the public service and why we provided funding for thousands more nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals in the HSE budget for 2025. In relation to the issue of Mallow Hospital, I will ask the Minister for Health to come back to the Deputy directly on that because we are increasing the budget for recruitment. I would also ask the unions to provide the Minister for Health with a list of the posts they believe were suppressed because he has written to them seeking that clarity and he has yet to receive it.

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