Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE

10:00 am

Mr. Tony O'Brien:

Yes. In terms of Croke Park II, the service plan spells out that the financial provision this year will be €150 million which is, in effect, a half year's worth of savings. This finance has not yet been allocated to any area of service. It is being held centrally precisely because the various options that could emerge from Croke Park II will affect how it is distributed. Although what happens will change the gross and net figures for any particular service, it will have a broadly neutral affect on the service itself in that it will be a reduction of cost associated with whatever is ultimately agreed. Obviously, if nothing is agreed we will be faced with a €150 million challenge. Our expectation is that if the package currently on the table is ultimately agreed, we will not have a residual problem.

They would be equal to the €150 million referred to.

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