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. Paul Reid:

I cannot comment, but, regarding the CAMHS person in Wexford, I will make two points, if I can. First, when we talk about a recruitment crisis, there are challenges in recruiting. Having said that, to just stand still every year means we must recruit 10,000 people. That is just because of churn. On top of that, we have recruited a net extra total of 15,500 people. I do not know about the specific post in Wexford, but we will get the details regarding when that post will be filled for the Deputy. To state the obvious, yes, there are challenges. The Deputy might not like that, but we do not like it either. There are, however, challenges.