Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 May 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health
9:30 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
There are two things which will affect the percentage and cost increase in a public bed. First, in the older public community nursing units, the number of residents being cared for has reduced because of things like regulatory compliance issues, which I mentioned earlier, and available rooms and space-----