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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