Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha:

In last year's budget, €2.2 million was allocated to roll it out in all level 4 hospitals. What happens is the numbers are put in place and then you have your normal overrun, people who leave etc., and the backfill does not happen. You never maintain your safe staffing level. That is what directors of nursing are now saying to us. Many of the figures-----