Posts by Patrick Kinsella
Patrick Kinsella
| Patrick Kinsella is a journalist, having previously worked for RTE and the BBC, and a former lecturer in the Department of Communications at Dublin City University. He continues to freelance for various publications and has contributed to Dublin Weekend Radio and Radio Ireland. |
Health Budget Fictions
Patrick Kinsella 22/05/2019
The new chief of the HSE has made cost-containment his top priority. Taking office in mid-May, Paul Reid’s first act was to order senior health service managers to live within their assigned resources: spending beyond budget is ‘no longer an option’. He gave department heads ten days to report to him with plans to stay on target. Reid told …
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