Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate what Mr. Reid is saying. However, when one looks at the issue from a public purse perspective, as the committee is doing here, it has taken so long to develop a strategy that deals with the disparity in care provision. For example, €23 million of extra funding was provided in 2018, as the Comptroller and Auditor General may wish to confirm. There was an increase in funding of 26%, whereas the costs in the private sector in the same year increased by 11%.