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:

The target is to open 147 beds in 2024. We also invest in refurbishing existing beds or upgrading old nightingale wards. Our plan is to upgrade another 55 existing beds to replenish them to bring them to infection control and modern building standard.