Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 October 2020

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Questions are continually raised about the staffing levels in hospitals throughout the country, given their challenges to meet both Covid-related issues and ongoing related issues such as the filling of consultant posts, nursing posts or whatever is required. There are, allegedly, a number of posts to be filled that could be essential in dealing with the issues ahead. Is the Minister satisfied the Government can deal with those issues adequately in the short term?