Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues

Mr. Paul Reid:

I will get the Deputy that figure in the moment. It represents 5% of our total payroll. As the Deputy will know, 80% of HSE employees are women and a high proportion of the workforce, some 35%, works reduced hours. We want to support this as it is important.

There will always be a level of agency spend and we are very open to anybody who is creative in reducing it. It is 5% of the total.