Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

Since I became Minister, 423 fewer people are working in the corporate headquarters of the HSE, 6,000 more people are working in hospitals and 5,600 more in primary care. I could give Deputy Reilly all the percentages across all the professions. One cannot decide in advance of establishing an organisation who should be made redundant. Deputy Reilly knows that.

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