David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What progress are we making? My partner is a nurse looking for extra hours in the public system, by the way, and she cannot get them. Her only option was to use the agency which was not what she wanted to do. There are a lot of nurses in the same position. The HSE has set a target for itself which is to achieve savings. I am not sure we are anywhere near that target or will achieve that target this year, and we can maybe come back on that, but the volume of the money we are spending would tell me there are a lot of whole-time equivalents we could convert. That may take time. I am interested in a number, if Mr. Mulvany has it,because I would say it is very substantial.