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

We got a breakdown of the Supplementary Estimate and where it is being spent. Most of it is going to the HSE regions and other health agencies. The breakdown was pretty detailed. It states that this was not to fund any additional activity but to maintain current levels. If this is the case, if any of the additional allocation is due to an increase in unexpected demand, what performance indicators are being put in place in terms of outputs? I imagine that demand in an acute hospital setting has knock-on effects throughout the system. When the officials are calculating the figure for the Supplementary Estimate, do they take into account likely increases that may result in increased funding into one setting? If it goes into an acute hospital setting, would it not likely also increase the number of inpatient and day case discharges?