David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Hold it there. If Mr. Gloster is right, and the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform is right, then the Department of Health failed to inform him as to what heath inflation is. It got worse because Mr. Gloster also said that at least two thirds of the deficit for this year will recur into next year. That is the figure Mr. Gloster gave - two thirds at a minimum. He said there were a number of drivers, such as health inflation, demand, and so on.