Doubt that Haddington Rd proposals will yield savings

By Lloyd Mudiwa. It is not yet practical to validate whether the €150 million in savings attached to the Croke Park II agreement will be delivered or what the potential shortfall would be, the HSE has said. The achievability of the €150 million budget reduction assigned to the HSE within the National Service Plan 2013 is fully reliant on the outcome of the Croke Park II process to which it relates, according to the Executive. The HSE, which made its statement before IMO members voted in favour of the proposals late last month, said it is “hoped” that the recently-published…