Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 May 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health
9:30 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
We are on the lower end internationally in the context of beds per 100,000 of population. The increase in beds restored in recent years is obviously much higher than it was over the past decade. Approximately 200 beds will come into profile in this calendar year alone. I am in what are fairly active discussions with the Department and Minister about the possibility of expediting 1,500 beds under more rapid-build and-----
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