Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting

9:30 am

Mr. Robert Watt:

It is down to higher demand for services. Even with an increase in staffing, particularly in the acute hospital system, there is demand for more overtime and for more agency staff. It comes back to the issues that we have been debating in the last half hour, including Deputy Burke's comments on digitalisation. I think more effective digitalisation could have an enormous impact on productivity. I think rosters-----

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