Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I referenced two funds in the speech, the chief clinical officer's area and the services area. Essentially, the money goes into central departments in the HSE and, as new developments are rolled out, it gets transferred. For example, regarding the national cancer strategy, the money is allocated from the Department to the HSE, sits with the chief clinical officer and his unit and, as the national cancer strategy gets rolled out, money is transferred as new services begin. At this point in the year, there are still new services to be rolled out over the coming months. As they are rolled out, the money held in the chief clinical officer's budget line will go out to the national cancer control programme, the national women and infants health programme and other groups who use it to roll out the new services.