Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Paul Reid:

To reassure the Deputy, that is exactly what we are trying to do: to capture both. The court finding said those 10,000 were not compliant. We have to address it but we also need to meet the pipeline that is coming through. It will not be a short fix. This will take time but we are looking at processes, recruitment and the qualifications of people coming through. We want to go back to the Minister with a wider plan. As Ms O'Connor said, I cannot put a timeframe on it right now but the process has started.