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

I am dealing with question No. 2. Will the Minister accept that it is most unacceptable that Opposition spokespersons are dependent on purposeful leaks through the media in order to obtain some sense of the detail contained in the national service plan? I presume that detail will be formally announced later this morning. We do not have access to the relevant information. Such information should have been shared immediately on sign-off, particularly in view of the fact that it was leaked to the media yesterday in order that it might appear on the front pages of the newspapers this morning. We most certainly should have been made aware of the detail of what was contained in the plan. Does the Minister accept that to be the case and that the detail of the HSE's national service plan should have been announced in this Chamber?

The Minister has confirmed that €133 million, not €113 million-----

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