Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023

9:30 am

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

Along with the usual kind of issues, the fundamental single biggest thing is the level of change required. Despite the fact that we anticipated a significant change and put much effort into change, ultimately, we have underestimated the scale of the change involved. That is causing us difficulties. In fairness to our staff, contractors and suppliers, whom it is impacting, they have been patient and we are getting on top of it. By the year end, we should be in a steady state across all those-----