Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Select Committee on Health
Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary)
Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
As with the acute beds, there is probably a lot being done. We need to do more, however, and that can be clearly seen.
I have one more question on something that has not been touched on. We know from the large-scale cyberattack that huge investment is needed in IT systems. In addition, the patient identifier number scheme is coming online. There is no mention of sufficient funding in the Supplementary Estimates for that. We were told the systems was in many cases near collapse and there were huge problems right across disability teams with a system unfit for purpose and so on. Is it within these figures? I do not see it. Is there sufficient funding there?
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