Health Minister James Reilly is due to attend a hearing of the Oireachtas Health Committee this evening.
He will be there to hear the Director General of the HSE, Tony O'Brien, discuss the organisation's service plan for this year.
It is hoped the plan will cut spending by almost a billion euro in a plan which will also see 75,000 medical cards withdrawn.
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Chairman of the all party committee, Fine Gael Deputy Jerry Buttimer spoke to Newstalk's Breakfast this morning - he took the opportunity to praise Fine Gael Minister James Reilly's willingness to attend the group's sessions:
