Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023

9:30 am

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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These individuals would be carrying out operations and life-saving procedures. Who oversees the number of hours to ensure the hours being worked are safe? If we look at, for example, truck drivers, there is a very robust system in place called the tacograph system to ensure that they operate within safe working hours and times. What procedures are in place to govern consultants who carry out lifesaving operations?