Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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326. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the health service will be provided through the Vote from the first quarter of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54771/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Funding of the health service in 2014 will be through Vote 38 (Health) and Vote 39 (Health Service Executive). The Deputy will be aware that as part of the reconfiguration of health services, the Vote of the HSE will be disestablished and funding for services will be provided through the Vote of the Office of the Minister for Health. The Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill was submitted to Government on Tuesday 17th. The Bill provides for the disestablishment of the Vote of the Health Service Executive from 1st January 2015. The Government has approved publication of the Bill and it will be published shortly.

The transfer of the Vote requires significant preparatory work including strengthening the financial control and planning capacity of my Department and enacting legislation to provide for a new statutory financial governance framework.