Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Putting in place a system of multi-annual budgeting and planning is the right thing to do but it only works if the Government funds and projects in an accurate fashion. The budgetary overrun in the Department of Health is huge. On the one hand, the Government proposes to cut more from the budget and on the other hand we are faced with the bizarre situation of a supplementary budget days from the announcement of the 2013 budget. I offer that to the Minister as an observation on the complete mismanagement of the health budget.

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