Dáil debates

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

 

12:40 pm

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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No, they do not lie. Jobs are up by 18%. The 3,000 beds provided by the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and the Department of Health are regionally proofed. They are across the entire region. All our training for nurses, due to decisions I took as far back as 2003, is regionalised. We gave the institutes the technology the capacity to train for nursing therapies way back. That is the way to do it.