HSE doesn't know how many staff were hired after €15.5m spend on recruitment firms 

Labour TD Sean Sherlock has accused the HSE of continuing to pay millions of euro of taxpayer funds to private companies with no clear return on investment.

The HSE has paid €15.5m to private recruitment firms since 2020 but does not know how many staff have been hired as a result.

The amount paid to recruitment agencies jumped from €2.88m in 2020 to €9.78m last year. That included payments of more than €2.5m each to two companies.