Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023

9:30 am

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

I agree with the Deputy that everything is money-related. What I am trying to say is that money is not the cause of all the problems. In some of the areas the Deputy mentioned, such as the home-care waiting list which is a significant problem, the issue is that a couple of years ago we did not have the money and we had people waiting for funding. Now, we have the money but we simply cannot attract enough home-care workers. What I am saying is that money does not solve all of the problems. More is not the answer to everything.