Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE
Mr. Robert Watt:
-----to mitigate the challenges. The Deputy mentioned medicines. There is consultancy spend, non-pay more generally and pay. We are trying to mitigate those while sustaining the level of services. As Mr. McCallion articulated very well, the services are under enormous pressure, particularly in relation to unscheduled care. We are managing the trade-off between very significant demands increasing while our budget is constrained. That is not to suggest we have not seen significant investment in the system over the recent past. We have, but this year we are in a constraint situation so we are managing-----
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