Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Sláintecare

Mr. Dean Sullivan:

Yes. That is a crucial point as not all beds are the same. The number relates to beds for which we have a recurrent funding stream. That is the only point of sanity in terms of Ms Magahy and me being able to track progress against the 2018 capacity review. It set a baseline in respect of permanently funded beds and, as such, the only way in which we can monitor progress is on the basis of additional permanently funded beds.