Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 December 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health

9:30 am

Mr. Robert Watt:

May I just finish the point I am making? It is not absolutely clear to us. There is a cost differential, and wage costs owing to the number of people employed and the staffing mix are the main factor in that, but there is also an argument that the level of need acuity differs between public and private homes.