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

I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and wish him the best of luck. This is first opportunity I have had to extend my best wishes to him.

This time last year we were involved in a dishonest lead-up to the budget in the context of funding for the Department and the HSE to provide services in 2014. On 9 September the Minister said the HSE's budget would overrun by a huge amount. Will he at least set out what he intends to do regarding the budget deficit and overrun and, more importantly, how he intends to address in an honest and meaningful way the putting in place of a realistic budget for the HSE in 2015?

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