The Finance Minister's hit out at budget controls in the health system.
Michael Noonan has also expressed his surprise at the HSE demand for nearly 2 billion euro more in funding for 2016.
It's already expected to run up an overrun of half a billion euro for 2015.
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An OECD report found that Ireland spends more than other countries on health, but gets a poorer result - and Minister Noonan says this shows that something needs to change:
