Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Robert Watt:

-----there has obviously been a very significant increase in the number of people employed in the health system. The net increase is a fact.

We all accept we need to do better when it comes to training. Mr. Reid, Mr. McCallion and Ms Hoey have given numbers this morning and I have provided some numbers also. For example the number of doctors in training has increased by 20%. We have set out the increase in the number of GPs and we have set out plans for higher education, including for nurses, other specialties and medicine. It is a fair-----