Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 September 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (Resumed)

10:10 am

Mr. Paul Reid:

The reality is that capital funding for the health system is quite challenged overall, particularly with the children's hospital project and other major infrastructural projects. It is a tight pot of availability. It is reviewed based on all health needs, not just the HSE's, but those of section 38 and section 39 organisations, but it is limited funding. We certainly feel that capital as a proportion of our total expenditure on health is tight, although it has been increased in the last few years. However, it is an available window that we have. Our capital review teams review all submissions they get and try to fund over a period of years and build them into a three-year programme. Mr. Mulvany might comment.

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