Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion

Mr. David Moloney:

No. We will be very happy to look at the issues that have been raised. Obviously, I reject any association of misrepresentation. When we use data we quote our data sources, so we are very clear and upfront on that. I completely agree with the Vice-Chairman. For the second year in a row, we have exceeded the 5% spending rule in order to provide and protect public services. That has drawn criticism but the Government is of the view that it is the right thing to do. All spending obviously has to be sustainable and all spending allocations are created within that. There is, as the Vice-Chairman said, very little alternative to that approach in our view.

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