Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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I understand that, but I refer to the initial Vote of funds to the HSE. I am not doing this to get into a finger-pointing exercise or a blame game, this is the responsibility of the Oireachtas – of the Government in the first instance – to vote the moneys. We have fallen well short in 2011 to the tune of €148 million and then in 2012 to the tune of €360 million. They are not trifling sums of money. It is not a small margin of error, it is a significant shortfall. That suggests to me that we consistently underestimate and under-fund the HSE. Does Mr. O’Brien agree?