Question from Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - PQ 38068-26

To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staff for her Departments funded activities in each of the past five years; whether expenditure has reduced from the €734,192,000 recorded in 2024, which professions and care areas account for the highest proportion of agency spend in each of those years; the specific targets that have been set under the Productivity and Savings Taskforce to reduce agency expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter.