Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will try to let members in for a second round. We do not have much time left. While members consider whether they wish to come in for two or three minutes for a second round of questions, I have a few questions, not so much about what is in budget 2022, but more the formation of it. One of the more progressive measures in the budget last year related to areas such as mental health, where a differentiation was made between funding for continuation of services and funding for the development of new services. Obviously, implementing Sharing the Vision is very important in that area. Across the health sphere in particular and in the context of implementing plans such as Sláintecare, it is incredibly useful that a differentiation is being made between keeping up core basic services as they are and the development of new services. Will we see more of that in budget 2022? Is it something the Department wishes to move towards more?