Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. O'Brien. He is very welcome. This is a very good exercise and I welcome both of the officials who accompany Mr. O'Brien. It is very good that the Health Service Executive is before the committee to account. The HSE has had a clean audit, which is good, but it is subject to two very serious modifications. I shall come to those, and the section 38 and section 39 issues, but first I have a general query. The total budget of the HSE for 2016 was almost €15 billion. Is that right?