Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am aware of the level of unmet need, which is why the HSE and the Department of Health are looking to make use of the resources they have available to them and find out if they can be used in different ways to resolve these issues. We are debating needs that are unmet or need to be met. I am aware of waiting lists and of families and citizens awaiting services after assessment. We are currently providing those services to 53,000 citizens and resources and funding are in place to do that. The Deputy is as aware as I am that there are budgetary parameters, which he acknowledged earlier. Services must be funded from the money that is made available to them. There has been a huge increase in the level of funding made available to the health service.

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