Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As to the health overspend, why are we not able to predict it? The Minister has said that one of the drivers is the acute hospital sector. We know that every year. For the last five years, the acute hospital sector has been the area where we have seen that overspend. What is the Minister's difficulty in predicting the drivers within the overspend?