Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

€500 million. That is way off the mark. Mr. Kinnane may not think that getting these figures wrong by half a billion euro or about 20% of a reduction is insignificant. It it is significant but the problem is that this trend continues. The same happened in 2023 and in 2024. The Department is presenting fictional figures to the Oireachtas in the summer economic statement, or the budget regarding ELS, which is more the reality of it, is completely fictional. It is made up. I have books that I used to read to my children that had more fact in them than some of the ELS figures the witnesses are presenting on health for next year.