Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Sláintecare Reforms

Mr. Robert Watt:

There was cross-party support for this and the general thrust of that policy. It helped in ensuring that we managed to get an agreement and that we then got support for it. Ms Hoey can tell me if I am wrong, but I think 622 is the updated number that we have, which includes 169 new entrants. Ms Hoey and our colleagues are engaged in the significant process of transitioning people who have existing contracts and then bringing new people in. We do not have indicative targets because we just do not know. We are hoping to keep a steady 100-plus a month. We are seeing steady progress and we hope that will continue.

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