Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Mr. O'Brien also cited specific examples of ambulances, X-ray machines and MRI equipment and indicated that the HSE had significantly less than the two thirds of the budget that he believed it needed just to maintain those, not improve them. Does that mean that the HSE will spend all of the money in the first two to three years, when everything is grand, only to fall off a cliff unless there is a supplement or will problems with key equipment not being replaced start kicking in next year?