Part of Ministerial Statements – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 3:30 pm on 13 December 2021.
Conor Murphy
Sinn Féin
3:30,
13 December 2021
Yes. The Department of Health will be asked to achieve 2% efficiencies over the three-year period. The difference is that it will be able to recycle those efficiency savings back into the Department. We want and expect to see a Department such as Health, with a Budget to match a three-year plan, achieve significant efficiencies, but, as I said, Health will be allowed to recycle them back into the Department.
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