Health Act 2004

Implementation of approved service plan.

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F142[33.— F143[(1) Subject to subsection (1A), the Executive shall manage health and personal social services set out in an approved service plan so as to ensure that—

(a) those services are delivered in accordance with the plan, and

(b) the net non-capital expenditure for the financial year or part of the financial year to which the plan relates does not exceed the amount specified in the section 30A(1) determination F144[or section 30B(1) determination] for that financial year or part of a financial year, as the case may be.]

F145[(1A) Section 28(1) and subsection (1), as in force immediately before the enactment of the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014, shall apply in relation to a service plan for the financial year 2014 and to a service plan for any part of that financial year and, accordingly, section 28(1) and subsection (1), as in force immediately after such enactment, shall not apply in relation to any such service plan.]

(2) The Minister F144[, after consultation with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth or, in so far as the plan relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, after consultation with the Minister,] may direct the Executive to take such specified measures as he or she may require in relation to the implementation of an approved service plan.]

F145[(3) (a) If the amount of net expenditure incurred by the Executive in a financial year is greater than the amount determined by the Minister F144[or the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, as appropriate,] for that year, the Executive shall charge the amount of such excess to its income and expenditure account for the next financial year.

(b) If the amount of net expenditure incurred by the Executive in a financial year is less than the amount determined by the Minister F144[or the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, as appropriate,] for that year, the Executive shall, subject to the approval of the Minister F144[or the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, as appropriate,] given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, credit the amount of such surplus to its income and expenditure account for the next financial year.]

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Amendments:

F142

Substituted (25.07.2013) by Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 (23/2013), s. 14, S.I. No. 275 of 2013.

F143

Substituted (17.07.2014) by Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 (17/2014), s. 10(a), commenced on enactment.

F144

Inserted (1.03.2023) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (6/2022), s. 27(a), (b), (c)(i), (ii)(I), (II), S.I. No. 666 of 2022.

F145

Inserted (17.07.2014) by Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 (17/2014), s. 10(a), (b), commenced on enactment.