The HSE has been accused of "exploiting" Dublin City Council by only paying half the cost of the ambulance service, the Local Authority's Chief Executive has said.
A DCC financial report stated that €116.8 million is owed by the HSE for the provision of the ambulance service which the HSE paid €9.18 million for this year - which is the same sum paid in 2013. DCC's Head of Finances Kathy Quinn, who authored the report, explained the debt includes the cost of Covid ambulances and the annual accumulation of the difference between the cost of the service and what the HSE paid for it.
Council boss Owen Keegan said he didn't know of any health service budget that has not increased due to inflation over the past ten years and argued that the HSE wants to run the service themselves. Minister for Local Government Darragh O'Brien has been asked to find a solution to outstanding funds.
