Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion
Mr. Paul Reid:
If one looks at our agency staff, one can see it is about 4% of our payroll. It is needed at certain times, particularly during Covid. There is also a requirement to bring in specialist expertise that we do not have. We spoke about some of it in terms of cyber security. There was a requirement during Covid. There always will be a requirement to bring in specialists for periods of time and that is what we do. Ultimately, I would not agree that we have seen services increasingly privatised. That is because we have seriously enhanced our own internal resourcing.
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