Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 September 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021

9:30 am

Mr. Maurice Farnan:

As Deputy Murphy knows there were closures earlier in the year and they remain in place, unfortunately. This is as a result of our challenge to recruit nursing staff for the unit. As the CEO alluded to, we have international and local campaigns to attract nursing staff but it is a significant challenge. We had seven additional nursing staff but, as I understand it from the local services, five of them have elected to move abroad to seek opportunities. We have recruitment campaigns internationally and locally.