Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I am seeking clarification from the Ceann Comhairle. The House may have been misinformed earlier today by the Minister for Health and Children, who stated that she laid the HSE's national service plan before the Dáil on Wednesday last, 10 December. However, the plan is listed on today's Order Paper and has only just become available from the Oireachtas Library. It was not available earlier this afternoon. Will the Ceann Comhairle indicate whether the Minister may have inadvertently misled the House in respect of the plan, which contains proposals for over €500 million in cuts to the health service? This is an extremely serious matter. If the plan was laid before the House on Wednesday last, it should have been available to Members before the Minister for Health and Children answered parliamentary questions in the House today.

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