Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am. I always do, including the Minister's. Why should that Minister have the final say before giving the Minister for Health the green light to carry forward an underspend so as to have additional funding in the year to follow?

I am more grievously upset at what section 10 represents than I fully appreciated when we addressed it on Second Stage. I have taken the time to go through it and, as always, try to find a way of improving it. I cannot with this section and, accordingly, I oppose it and the Minister’s amendment. We are building a nightmare scenario if we allow overspends to pile up year on year, adding to the serious problems our hospital sites are already experiencing as a result of underprovision over recent years. Will the Minister recognise that what is being provided for in this section will result in serious crises in the future?