David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If I may interject, my point is that at a policy level, whatever about what the money is spent on, the Minister or the Government could decide that we have to invest more in health. There is a commitment this year to slightly more than €22 billion. Some of that money could be re-profiled and spent in other areas of healthcare, as all present know is necessary. Is the Minister saying that decision has not yet been made and that it is possible that the figure of €22 billion may not be what will be in budget 2022?

That is a decision that will be made later. No policy decision has been made at this time to baseline that figure. Is that what the Minister is saying?