Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Select Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary)

9:00 am

Photo of Jim DalyJim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it is saying that overruns are being masked by increases in corporation tax receipts. In other words, we have the ability to cover those overruns because of bonuses in corporation tax. The health service is not being funded by corporation tax per se. It is being funded by general taxation. The Deputy's question is about our reliance on corporation tax and whether we are over-reliant on this source of income. That is a broader question and one that should be put to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

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