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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: they related to the funded workforce plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Woods might share that with us. Mr. Bolger's submission referred to increasing the bed capacity in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Woods has clear sight of 2018, or I would like to think he does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am just asking how many beds the HSE could open this year. I am not asking Mr. Woods to divulge any secrets. If he has clear sight of where the beds are and how many there are, I am sure needs the Minister's permission to share that with us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Are any of those the 19 in Letterkenny?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Some 19 are closed. Are there plans to open them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That would be helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: How is that helpful if Mr. Woods has just doubled his figures overnight, by not recruiting another person?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is what it looks like.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Who can explain why it went from 0.5 to one if Mr. Woods cannot?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sure Mr. Woods appreciates that this looks like gaming the numbers. That was his word, not mine. It completely looks like that. Overnight, with the stroke of a pen and without recruiting a single nurse, the HSE doubled the number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a reason they were 0.5 previously. It is because they are student nurses and not whole-time equivalents, WTE. They were not paid as a WTE or considered a WTE because they were learning on the job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I look forward to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The funded workforce plan for 2017 was available but none is available for 2018. Why is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Has Mr. Woods a funded workforce plan for nursing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Then why are they down in the WRC trying to get one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This is in the papers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: What value for money tools are used for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it the case that we can leave the scopes out of that calculation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: What is the number for procedures carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Does the HSE use a benchmark? If a procedure costs €1,000 in the public service but €10,000 in the private sector, are the two figures compared? Many of the parliamentary questions to which Mr. Bolger referred were tabled by me and it is a bit like banging my head off a brick wall. We keep being told there are efficiencies in the private sector but I do not buy that.