Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In Wicklow some health services were cut back to make up for a budgetary shortfall. Was there an error in calculating the amount of funding the Haddington Road agreement would bring in which resulted in this shortfall?

I have had representations from some pharmacists about the cost of registering with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. It comes to €2,250, while in Britain and Northern Ireland it is only €200. It was put to me that this is adding to the cost of medicines. Can this be reduced? I understand the society has €11 million in reserve. What is the purpose of this reserve and can it be used to fund aspects of the HSE?

With regard to the PCRS and the €104 million, the Minister produced the list of primary care centres some time ago. Some worked out okay but others did not. Is there any plan to revisit that list?

Maybe I am missing something, but when I look at the various subheads, it is €11 million for each area.