Health will get an extra €7bn a year, vows Harney
Ms Harney predicted the health budget could be a massive €20bn a year by 2012. However, she stressed the extra spending is contingent on reform of the health services.
The current budget is a historically high €13bn but services have been beset by a serious A&E crisis involving hundreds of people left on trolleys in corridors for days. It forced the Tanáiste to describe the situation as a “national emergency”.
