Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack
9:30 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
Yes. Those are acute beds. There are issues with community beds, which is different. As the Deputy is aware, during the various capacity issues in accident and emergency departments, access to a community bed can be as valuable as access to an acute bed. This is because we have delayed discharges of 500 or 600 people.