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:

When you look at what the available allocation is when netted out of our priorities, we look at demand pressure, age of stock, and buildability. The HSE has a prioritisation protocol which looks at seven or eight criteria around patient safety needs, demand pressures and so on. Therefore, there is a categorisation or criteria process within the HSE's allocation.