Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The HSE must get itself into line by the end of the year. There is no alternative to that. It accepts it has an obligation to do it. This time last year the HSE had underspent and there was a race to spend the money it had in the last few months of the year. I was criticised because its capital programme was not spent. This year it has its management together——

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