The Health Service Executive is to impose 130 million euro of cost saving measures before the end of the year.
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The HSE is running a budget deficit of 259 million euro – after funding reductions of 2.5 billion since the beginning of 2010.
It says while every effort is being made to target areas that don't impact on patient services –
some disruption is inevitable.
However, Deputy Lowry says the service is being mismanaged by a bungling and incompetent Minister