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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: I will focus on emergency care and the capacity review. Will Mr. Watt outline the delivery targets for additional bed capacity in 2021 and 2022 and the associated costs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: How many beds were delivered in 2021? What was the cost associated with those beds?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: With regard to the provision of beds as per the capacity review, given the increase in population throughout our island, what is the future expectation on the number of beds we will need in the next decade?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: If we take it on an annual basis, are there sufficient beds available to support our population? Does Mr. Watt have a ratio of the beds per head of population?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Does Mr. Watt have the ratio of beds per population at present?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: How many beds-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: How many additional beds have been delivered since the capacity review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: One thousand.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: On the basis of Mr. Watt's opening statement, the Department provided €426 million in 2021 for additional beds. I will give him a breakdown in that regard: it is 1,046 acute beds at a cost of €205,933 per bed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Is that value for money? How is that broken down?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: The figure is €205,000. Does the Department do a value-for-money review on each of the beds that have been delivered?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Would the Department review that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Does the Department have a process to do that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Maybe the Department can furnish that for the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: There was a budget of €32 million for 66 critical beds. Each bed cost €787,878. Is that a figure the Department can stand over?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Will Mr. Watt give me an understanding of how €13 million was allocated for 139 sub-acute beds? Are they for step-down facilities?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: Sorry, I am talking about the sub-acute bed situation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: I asked for a breakdown with regard to sub-acute beds. Some 139 sub-acute beds were delivered. Will Mr. Tierney give us an understanding with regard to the delivery of sub-acute beds and the 1,250 community beds at a cost of €125 million? I just want to get an understanding. More than 2,601 beds were delivered in total. Is that additional to what is currently in the public domain...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: What is the target for 2023 for additional beds required?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Alan Dillon: How many critical care beds?