Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children's Hospital: Discussion

Ms Eilísh Hardiman:

No, 3,388 is the number of staff associated with three children's hospitals in Children's Health Ireland. We have a plan to increase the number to 3,700 in the new national children's hospital. There has been phased implementation of the plan over a couple of years. We have outlined a supply and demand capacity plan. It applies particularly to nursing because nurses make up the largest section of our workforce.