Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed)
Mr. Muiris O'Connor:
Some are available. Those analytics are being exchanged and discussed with the HSE. The intention is to publish them. We share the Deputy's concern about maximising the use of resources. We have increased investment and whole-time equivalents right across the health and social care system at record levels in recent years. Much of those increases came in during the Covid-19 crisis. There is a productivity puzzle that we are committed to resolving. It is also being experienced in other countries. We are determined to ensure we get activity levels and a health service commensurate with the increase in investment in whole-time equivalents.
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