Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Health Service Executive plan to cut 3,200 full time equivalent posts in the health service in 2013, his views on whether persons availing of the services of the HSE will receive the same service without these staff as they would if they were retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56496/12]

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive cut 3,200 full time equivalent posts in the health service in 2013, where will the majority of these persons be drawn from; if they will be from frontline services or from management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56497/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 619 and 620 together.

The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced to 282,500 by the end of 2014 in order to meet its fiscal and budgetary targets. The health sector must make a proportionate contribution to the achievement of this reduction.

Following the publication of the Health Estimates on 5 December, the HSE's National Service Plan is in preparation. In accordance with the Act, the HSE's service plan will set out the type and volume of health and personal social services to be provided by the Executive in 2013. The plan will also set out the net employment reduction to be achieved for 2013.