Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 October 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023
9:30 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
As I said in my opening statement, the deficit is characterised under three headings. Approximately half of the deficit is in the non-pay space. That is predominantly health inflation. Inflation for us is different from inflation in the general economy. This affects a number of the purchases we make. Another part of the non-pay space is that we are spending more because we are treating more people. That is the first portion.
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