Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2012
130. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing additional staff and resources and roll out the interim community intervention team pilot scheme to all of County Kerry and support early discharges from Kerry General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54867/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe 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.
