Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the supplementary budget of 2009, the HSE's capital allocation was reduced by 32%. As a consequence, certain capital projects were deferred, or paused, as they like to call it in official terms. The Wexford and St. Luke's hospital projects were among those deferred. Despite the previous Minister's statement that urgent action was being taken and that the situation was unacceptable, the reality is that they were paused.

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