Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Pardon the semantics but Mr. O'Brien is in attendance at that sub-committee. In terms of having that discussion with the Minister who makes the policy decisions, I hope his budgetary projections are a bit more robust. I do not see how the HSE can find €500 million by cutting €58 million from the front line. I do not buy that. I know we will have the chance retrospectively to trawl over it. With all due respect, I would prefer if the Accounting Officers for the HSE and the Department of Health and Children were a bit more proactive in arguing the case for the preservation of services and for a reasoned budget that can actually deliver. I do not see any evidence of them doing that. What is in the budget for primary health care centres? What is the allocation for those?