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. Stephen Mulvany:
It is €73 million for agency costs in mental health in 2021 and €33 million for overtime costs in mental health in 2021. Again, our preference is to recruit permanent staff and to keep the level of agency and overtime costs as low as possible. We have to staff units and keep staffing levels up to particular standards so where we have to we will take in agency staff and pay overtime.