Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 February 2023
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 key focus from 2022, and the Minister and Government have been very clear on this, is on access. That is both in terms of access to emergency departments and admission for acute care on the unscheduled care side and access on the scheduled care side by reducing waiting lists. They are the two specific focuses. The Government has indicated a willingness to continue to invest in that, as it has over the last three years.