David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Let us unpack that a little. We have to go back to last year to understand better what might happen next year and the funding implications for the health service under budget 2024. When Mr. Gloster was most recently before this committee, he said that the cash deficit for 2023 was likely to be approximately €1.1 billion but what he called the income and expenditure line deficit would be between €1.4 billion and €1.5 billion. He repeated on the "This Week" programme-----