Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 February 2008
260 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason Budget 2008 continues to fund the Health Service Executive based on the old health board regional divisions rather than the four new HSE regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3272/08]
View answerSince the establishment of the Health Service Executive (HSE), it has been my intention to present the new Vote 40 in the most transparent and informative format. While this continues to be my objective, the existing accounting process within the HSE does not support this optimal format. The HSE has been working on the design of a unified accounting system and proposals in this regard will be submitted to my Department and the Department of Finance shortly. The current format of Vote 40 will remain until the new unified system (Vote accounting and Accrual accounting) is installed.
