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Donnelly and HSE must explain why outcomes so poor in health despite record spending

Despite concerns, the question of why record investment was not producing commensurate improvements in the health service has never really been answered

Stephen Donnelly, the minister for health, is tasking the HSE with not only getting the ballooning health budget under control, but proving that the money invested is having an commensurate impact

The idea that the health service is a financial black hole has been around for many years.

While publicly politicians reject the assertion, this newspaper revealed through its health tapes coverage in 2022 how officials at the department of health were themselves privately baffled and frustrated at the “horrors of waste” in the health budget.

But despite the concerns, the question of why record investment was not producing commensurate improvements in the health service was ...