Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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741. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish a five year service plan. [34086/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Partnership Government set out the Government's intention to work with the Oireachtas to sustain appropriate annual increases in the Health Budget. Expenditure is to be based on multi-year budgeting supported by a five year Health Service Plan based on realistic and verifiable projections. The Department is currently considering how best to practically implement this commitment and work is on-going in the development of the different elements required.

In the meantime, the HSE are undertaking work on Budgeting and Service Planning for 2018 and, as with previous years, the National Service Plan for 2018 is expected to be published in early December 2017.