Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
1290. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a financial breakdown of the current budgetary performance of every hospital providing acute services within the Health Service Executive with details of the expected target of each acute hospital and the projected outturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36925/13]
View answerThe funding pressures now being experienced in the health services mean that the acute sector must reduce its costs in order to deliver the agreed level of activity within the resources available to it. This means that we must concentrate on maximising efficiency and getting the best possible services for patients from the budgets available to us.
In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service issues they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
