Written answers
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Department of Health
Hospital Staff Data
John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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88. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2013 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3934/16]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The agency expenditure totals in respect of University Hospital Waterford, for each of the last three years can be seen in the table below.
Year | € expenditure |
---|---|
2013 | 3,597,747.50 |
2014 | 6,289,020,99 |
2015 | 5,145,766.47 |
The November HSE Performance Report stated that in 2015 a particular focus was given to reducing agency and overtime. Overall, agency costs are falling in the HSE. The November figure of just over €26 million was a €1.2 million reduction on the October figure, a decrease for a second consecutive month. The November Year To Date expenditure of €304.1m was down by approximately €7m or 2.3% on the 2014 November year to date figure.
The reduction has been greater in the acute sector where agency expenditure reduced from €208 million year to date in November 2014 to €189 million year to date in November 2015.
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