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.