Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
I will address Deputy Durkan's question on the percentage of the budget that was supplemented. To be fair, that is a very good question and I will assist him with it. That figure was 1.7% in 2013; 5.2% in 2014; 5.2% in 2015; and 1.3% in 2017. The point I am making is that it is variable. It was 6.3% in 2022. However, I would take that figure with an element of caution because of Covid expenditure, and disability was also in the profile. I imagine it will be lower than that this year, probably about 5% or thereabouts by the time we finish it.
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