Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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728. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent to date in 2018 on agency nurses in the health sector; and the equivalent figures for 2015, 2016 and 2017. [45702/18]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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729. To ask the Minister for Health the projected full-year expenditure on agency nurses in 2018; and the outturn for same in 2015, 2016 and 2017. [45703/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 728 and 729 together.

I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.