Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We knew from early in the year that there was a black hole in the funding for the HSE national service plan, NSP. This was identified by a board member of the HSE, Mr. Brendan Lenihan, who is the chair of the audit and risk committee. He said he was not prepared to go along with this messaging, which was trying to cover over the fact that there was a serious shortfall in funding for the service plan. What is happening in that regard and where do we stand with the deficit?

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