Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The budget provides for a record level of investment in our health service, more than €17 billion next year, more than an extra €1 billion than was provided for health last year. There was a protest some weeks ago demanding an extra €1 billion for health. We have provided more than that for next year. We need more and more to make sure that money gets to the patient. That has not always been happening.

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