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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: The memo says that the only exemptions are consultant appointments, graduate nurses, midwives and doctors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Yes, and disability services. I spoke to chief officers who said that home support services are stretched, they cannot take a one-in, one-out approach and they cannot fill vacancies because of this embargo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gloster is now saying that could change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Okay, so home support services are still formally part of the pause.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: What about nurses who are abroad and want to come back to work in the public system? Can they do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: What if they want to do so this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I am asking about now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: They cannot be recruited because of the pause.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: What about staff in mental health services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: It has not changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Okay. Let us say it is €1.5 billion and the revised Supplementary Estimate is for €1 billion. What happens to that difference of €500 million? Is that then a first charge on the accounts next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I understand that. I am saying it is coming from spend in 2023.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gloster said on RTÉ radio, a number of months ago at this stage, that the service plan, because everything that happens in healthcare revolves around the service plan, would have a built-in deficit. That obviously cannot be written into a service plan-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: They are also subject to the pause.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: How many posts have been removed from profile as a result of the two memos?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Will Mr. Gloster give some sort of estimate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: They are gone from profile.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: What is the net increase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: It is 6,000 or 7,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome that, but this is my point. We were able to hire 6,000 or 7,000 additional staff into the health service in 2023, yet we are told the cap for next year is 2,200.