Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 December 2013

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary)

10:30 am

Mr. Tom Byrne:

On the Haddington Road agreement and the initial €150 million we were targeted to despatch, there was no facility not to issue the €150 million across the whole health service at the time but on review and discussion with our colleagues in the Department it was felt appropriate that €50 million should be taken back centrally, which we did. The issues that arose regarding the disability sector where we had to issue that were taken back on a time-related basis while we do the review. It is still being held centrally. It was not a case of an error but that we were demanded to issue €150 million by the Haddington Road agreement. It was not appropriate at the time and we did the right thing by taking back €50 million to make it more fair. They were all withdrawn from the areas at that time.

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