Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 January 2013
224. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the areas in which the €15 million in savings in community schemes, as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013, will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2259/13]
View answer225. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the ares in which the €15 million in savings in probity on local schemes, as outlined in the Health Service National Plan 2013, will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2260/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 225 together.
The Service Plan for the HSE includes two amounts of €15m to be saved during the course of 2013. Further details of these amounts will be included in regional business plans which are anticipated by the end of January 2013. The €15m related to probity is a savings target related to the purchase and use of goods in local Integrated Service Areas – which are referred to within the HSE as ‘local schemes’. The second target relates to a specific procurement initiative intended to deliver €15m of value to the HSE during the course of 2013. This initiative is still under deliberation and is commercially sensitive and as such it is not possible to provide further details at this time.
