Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011
10:30 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
For example, the savings target in the hospital sector proved not to be achievable. Consequently, the hospital sector ended last year with a €271 million deficit. We also know there were challenges in the area of the medical card scheme and the related schemes. Therefore, the overall cost of providing those was substantially in excess of what had been expected at the beginning of the year.
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