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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: How many are on short-term contracts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: I know but those 254 are across the State.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: There is 800 staff and only 250 are dentists?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Have we half the number we need, a quarter of the number?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: So we have fewer than half the dentists we need.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: I am asking because dentistry is something I get asked about. The public ask me what has happened to the system. People in the midlands raise it with me but it is replicated across many counties. There is a budget that comes across from the Oireachtas and the Department of Health and it goes to the HSE. I know there is no sticking plaster and it is about the pipeline. We have identified...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: That really is paper thin. It is very thinly spread across the State. Again, it is a pipeline issue. It is up to us to highlight these things and try to get them addressed. That is why I am raising them this morning because unless you have the staff you cannot provide the service.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: So I have noticed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: That was already mentioned.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Are they being offered short-term contracts? Is that why many choose to go abroad? Are they offered the chance for a year's probation and then to get a job or are they just being offered short-term contracts in dentistry?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Reid is saying that is a good thing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: I am trying to highlight that we will never get Sláintecare and a public health system. The people who will be sitting in this room in 15 years will be talking about the same thing if we are not able to collectively get the pipeline of skills and qualified professionals producing something at the far end. This requires joined-up thinking between the Oireachtas, the Department, the HSE...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: The school dental system has gone backwards. Children are seen in third year in secondary school instead of third class in primary school, which is six or seven years later.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is a failure. The system has collapsed. If Ms O'Connor or the staff can do anything about that, it needs urgent attention.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Watt send us a note on the figures for dentistry? How many dentists are there for the school system? What has the budget been over the last three years? Will the witnesses send a note on the dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, and its progress?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: I will allow the Deputy back in a for second round of questions but I want to be fair to the others.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is a very important issue for society at the moment with the ongoing conflict.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: There is huge frustration. It would be helpful if the Department could come back with a note on the process and how it is worked through.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Sorry. Mr. Watt has outlined fairly well some of the difficulties. It would be helpful if Mr. Watt could come back to the committee with a note about the process and how it works through. Deputy Catherine Murphy has five minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020 (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: I will ask Mr. Reid about the claims that, in 2019, €392 million worth of health-related claims were made. I refer to awards made by courts and those paid out without going to court. In 2020, this figure reduced to €272 million, which is a significant sum. At the moment, there is something in the region of €3.7 billion outstanding. Unfortunately, situations like this...