Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and Ms Magahy and wish her the best of luck with the task ahead. There is an awful lot riding on the Sláintecare plan.

I listened to the previous exchange on which Government made the biggest mistakes in the health service. We could play that game all day but it probably will not advance the discussion. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, has measured trolley waits for a long time and its figures do not always concur with the figures produced by the HSE's TrolleyGAR. The INMO figures show the position is getting worse.

Will the Minister confirm that the overspend and the carrying over of recurring expenses will be addressed in the budget? We talk about investment but months after the previous budget the Minister received a letter from the head of the HSE saying that it was in trouble as a result of underfunding. Deputy Pearse Doherty pointed that out to the Minister but he did not listen. Maybe he listened this year, and I hope that he did. Will he confirm that?