Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we have worked with a couple of our health boards and authorities in the area of the difficulties they have faced when it comes to funding situations. This Assembly, in the past, also dealt with that through a supplementary process. As we would find throughout the year, we would establish the budgets and the amounts that would get sent to each authority. Throughout that year if they find they've overspent or the demand in a particular area is higher, they would come to us and highlight that. We would work with them in trying to identify solutions. There are solutions from, for example, if we bring forward a request to this Assembly that there could be a matching offset in the sense that they have to find some of their deficit from within as the year is going forward. Some of it is a base review that needs to be done to see if we have adequately funded certain program levels in the past. That's ongoing. Ultimately, it comes back to this forum. If it's not identified in this budget and they are overspent, I would have to come forward in a supplementary request to address those concerns. We are, in fact, in preparation of doing that as we go forward.
Floyd Roland on Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 14th, 2007
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