Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The reply is prepared on the basis of a question on disability services within the Office of Public Works. Concerning the wider questions raised by Deputies about financial matters relating to the Department of Heath and Children, I can say that the officers in my Department maintain a very careful and close scrutiny of the Vote of the Health Service Executive, for which Professor Drumm bears ultimate responsibility.

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