Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is good to hear because I know ambulance turnaround times are tied up with capacity. We can see that from the ambulance figures. Unfortunately, the situation arises where an ambulance with a patient inside arrives at the door of the emergency department and there are no critical care beds. There are bottlenecks, which I presume this is adding to. It would be welcome if that happened because that would be an increase of nearly 40 beds.

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