Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Mr. Ó Conaill got my hopes up at the beginning when he said it would be separate, but then he dashed them. The HSE capital plan process is so slow and one of the benefits of taking disability out of the Department of Health was the reason he just said, that it was not getting the priority it should and often capital projects were the poor relation of other capital projects. It would be disappointing if that separation did not provide benefit by virtue of the delivery. There could now be a situation where the HSE does not feel it is part of core health and yet has projects from another Department in its process system. Is there a check or balance to make sure that does not happen?