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:
The issues mainly relate to staffing and getting the staff in place. There are issues around staff retention, which we discussed earlier. There are issues around attracting the staff into the service and training more staff in particular areas. The Department is working away on all those different aspects. Different parts of the country have particular difficulties in certain specialties. We have a detailed workforce plan in which we are recruiting and identifying the gaps.