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
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source
Okay. It is interesting that the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, said that the majority of last year's overspend was due to patients presenting for emergency treatment. Is the Minister right? Is it the fault of the patients who presented for emergency treatment that caused the overrun?
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