Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree that this will be a challenging year for the Department of Health, no more than for any other Department. I made it perfectly clear that the fact that the country has exited the bailout programme does not mean that everything is rosy in the garden. Deputy Adams, as the leader of the party of the impossible, is never going to be satisfied no matter how much is allocated to any particular sector. That is his job and that is fair enough.

The health service plan for 2014 has now been approved by the Minister for Health.

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