Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

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

9:30 am

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

The issue is that at least seven to eight highly-trained nursing staff are needed to run every individual bed. The facilities are needed and so is the space. They are very specialised. Then, a certain number of consultants are needed to run intensive care lists, particularly to run a certain number of beds. It will, therefore, be a combination of those factors. More typically, it is getting the suitable space and particularly the expert nursing staff.