An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-10-17
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

They only apply to service posts. These are not doctors in training. The HSE had authorisation to hire 500, and it hired 770. No public body should hire staff it does not have the authority or the budget to fund. It does not happen in schools, it does not happen in Garda stations, it does not happen in Departments and it should not happen in the health service.

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Sitting date: 2023-10-17