Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not waiting for the HSE service plan next March to tell me what its priorities are. I am outlining on the floor of the Dáil right now what the priorities are. I am indicating to the various CHO managers that they should start planning now and not to wait until next March. I am telling the HSE that we always need to be planning. I do not have a multi-annual budget. If I had one element of the disability capacity review that I could wish for, I would love to have multi-annual budgets for respite services, PA hours and therapy services so that we could build in capacity. At the moment, I cannot build in that sort of capacity. However, I thank the Ministers, Deputies Stephen Donnelly and Michael McGrath, for the support they have shown in giving me funding. I have been very open in how I would like to see it spent. I would like the HSE to embrace that, take it on board and not wait until next March to start planning.

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