Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, when health authorities bring their budget plans forward to the Department of Health and Social Services, there's work that's done at that level and then the Department of Health and Social Services will bring in their requests for additional funding and FMB would review those and agree or disagree with some of that, all based on the numbers we have available over the total government. We've allowed a process over a number of years that, surpluses that were there, health boards could keep their surpluses, but we expected at the same time if they were in a deficit position that they would have to manage their way out of it. That's where the negotiations process or discussions go on between the authority and the health or the department and then the department to FMB. So some of the increase that you would see in the business plan process, some of that could be allocated to the fact that there was agreement on some of the numbers, but not all of the numbers. Again, that's the process that is used to date. The number that I used is the number for 2006-2007 is an estimate. Again, when they were asked to put this together they had to do some calculations of what might be seen at the end of the fiscal year. I state, there is a good working relationship now in coming to a better grip with this between Stanton, the Department of Health and Social Services and our involvement from the FMBS. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 8th, 2007
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