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

Ms Deirdre Comiskey:

It is not funding. Funding has been provided for in excess of 600 posts since 2019. The problem, and I am sure my HSE colleagues can speak to this in detail, relates to the challenges around recruitment and retention, which have caused significant issues with the CDNTs.