Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Eil?sh Hardiman:

We will always have an element of agency staff. It is just the nature of the business. If there is a sudden absence caused by a person being out sick, for example, we cannot cease providing a service. There are very niche areas that require-----