Mr. Jim Breslin:

There is significant work under way in the HSE across headings that can be managed back to try to manage that back. The main areas of overspend in relation to that are acute hospitals; demand-led schemes, which in fairness to the HSE would be difficult for it to manage back; the State Claims Agency; and pensions. The Government has also committed to spending an extra €135 million in the current year on a series of initiatives on waiting lists and emergency department overcrowding, reducing the fair deal waiting times-----