Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I anticipate that the collective bargaining legislation to which the Deputy just referred will be introduced later this year. As the Deputy knows, the HSE received significant increases in its budget for this year and last year. It was also the recipient of sizeable supplementary budgets. I understand that major challenges remain in the context of improving both the health service and levels of delivery within it. This year, the HSE received its first significant budget increase in a very long time.

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