Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 October 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023
9:30 am
Dr. Colm Henry:
Obviously, the focus today is on financial aspects which have been raised in previous questions and how sustainable this is with regard to safety for the practitioner and for the services. That would clearly concern us as much if not more that we are relying on people to work additional hours, additional out of cover, and, sometimes, out of their core area in order to sustain what is an essential need for 24-7 services.