Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We could talk about amnesia a lot. The Minister has experienced a fair amount of it in the context of the commitments made prior to the election and even when he took up office. We will not go down that road.

A total of €666 million was identified a number of weeks ago in the health Estimate for 2014. The HSE is charged with drawing up a service plan for 2014 but nobody can tell me the Minister will save €130 million through medical card probity. He cannot say that will certainly happen. How in the name of God is the HSE meant to draft a service plan to provide for all the commitments being made in the House on a daily basis when the amount it will have to spend is unknown? It is not credible or tenable for a Minister to ask for a service plan in that environment.

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