Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 February 2022

Select Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised)

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will appreciate the point I am making. I know it happens all of the time but, when an announcement is made, all sorts of funding that was already in place, including some that has already been spent and some that is already in train, is packaged into the new package of measures. People see €19 million in new funding coming for new measures when, in fact, the vast majority of this was already committed. CHI was already planning how to spend this funding. The Minister is now saying that €3.4 million in additional funding has been allocated to Cappagh hospital. I am looking for a breakdown of what that will do. Is it separate from anything that was already committed because, again, I was told €1.9 million had been approved for Cappagh Kids? Is that €3.4 million separate from the €1.9 million?

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