Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government approved the health service plan submitted by the HSE to the Minister for Health this morning. The Minister will outline details of the extra resources for health and how they will impact on the major areas of frontline services this week. In September the number of patients waiting over 12 months for an outpatient appointment decreased by 51% from 84,000 to 41,000. Even the Deputy, with all his knowledge and memory, cannot indicate what might arise for the health services-----

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