Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting

9:30 am

Mr. Derek Tierney:

I would say over the past three years, we have opened about 1,126 beds. We are investing in 2024 to open 147 more beds on top of that and we have between 255 and 257 in a pipeline, whether either in construction, at tender or at detailed design stage for planning permission.