Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The situation is that the Government decided collectively on the figures in the budget and those figures stand. The figures in respect of the Department of Health are as outlined in the budget. The Health Service Executive must prepare a service plan based on those figures and report on that plan to the Minister in the next three to four weeks. That work is ongoing. The figures are challenging but they are achievable. They are in the interests of dealing with the reduction of costs and the provision of services. The overall budget is based on our country getting out of the bailout by the end of November or December.

If Deputy Martin took me up wrongly, or if I said that the people had signed off on the figures-----

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