Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When will the HSE service plan for 2014 be published? Will it include a breakdown of the so-called saving of €113 million on medical cards under the heading "probity"? Can the Minister tell us exactly what this means, how this very considerable sum will be achieved, how he intends to realise this so-called saving and how it was calculated for budget 2014 purposes? What is the correct figure for the estimated cut in the health budget for 2014? The budget document says it is €666 million but there has been speculation that the real figure is closer to €1 billion.

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