Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
9:00 am
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That is fine. I will flag an issue related to the current position. Page 122 shows that mental health accounts for 5.5% of the total budget of the Health Service Executive. The HSE cannot be happy with that. Of a total budget of €15.229 billion, mental health accounts for €841 million or 5.5%. Is Mr. Connaghan satisfied that only 5.5% of the budget should be spent on mental health? It seems to be a very small proportion.
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