Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

No, I am simply stating that my Department has reduced its staff by approximately 25%. The Deputy may know, because the Department is dealing with him on his Private Members' Bill, that a very small number of people are in each division of responsibility. This plan is not open to the Civil Service; it is open only to the HSE. The incentivised early retirement scheme is open to public servants but this particular redundancy proposal is confined solely to the HSE.

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