Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

There is healthy engagement with UHL. They have said that in order to do that they need more staff. Those staff members have been allocated. The changes to working practices have to be seen. I need to be very clear that we are not singling out the emergency department consultants. This is about senior decision-makers right across the board.