HSE chief says Crumlin budget has not been cut

The chief executive of the HSE has told an Oireachtas committee that Crumlin Children's Hospital is in difficulty because it has failed to make non-frontline savings.

Professor Brendan Drumm says the hospital has not had its budget cut by €9m and its funding has actually increased by 37% in the last three years.

He said the most recent indications are that the hospital will have a funding shortfall of €100,000 at the end of the year.