Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a process to be followed here. The process is that the Government decides on the budget and puts it through the Oireachtas. The HSE responds to the Minister for Health in respect of providing a health service plan to implement the effective running of health services based on the figures given to the Department in the budget. The Minister for Health has three weeks to reflect upon and consider that plan and give his approval for it.

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