Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Select Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 38 - Health (Revised)

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know that. I am reading from the briefing document we got. If we have different documents and different numbers, it is concerning. It states that, "The funding provided in 2021 will ensure that the [total] number of funded acute beds in the system will increase by 1,146 by [the] end of 2021 when compared to 2020." I have pointed out before and point out again that that is not correct. It is based on 2019 figures. In 2019, the number of beds we had was just over 10,700. That was the baseline figure. Can that be clarified?

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