Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to move to capital expenditure before I finish. The Department of Health has been allocated €24 million less in this year’s budget than what was outlined in the NDP for 2024. This is even including the non-core capital expenditure. We have talked about the high levels of inflation since the NDP review was presented. This means that it does not go anywhere near as far as was expected when the plan was made in 2021. What does that mean for capital projects that are already in the pipeline but have not begun construction?