Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like to focus on a couple of points. I will start with health spending. The latest fiscal monitor showed that as of the end of June, current expenditure was 6.8% higher year-on-year than in 2018. The projected figure was 5.8%.

At the end of May it was 8.9% higher than the previous year's figure whereas, as I said, growth of 5.8% had been projected. How concerned is the Minister that there will be an overrun in health spending in 2019?