Seanad debates
Thursday, 8 February 2018
Order of Business
10:30 am
Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
They do. We may be spending more in euro but actually as a percentage of GDP we are spending less.
We need to have a debate about how we are spending that money. Let us take Letterkenny General Hospital as an example which was allocated €122 million in expenditure last year. Almost €10 million of that expenditure went on agency staff. That is far more expensive than employing local staff. It is more complicated than that, but I am keen for the opportunity to discuss it because we all have suggestions. Will the Leader arrange a full day dedicated to health to allow us to have a rolling debate in which we could come in and out of the debate along with the Minister?
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