David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will move to the briefing note that was given to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe. It states that it has become clear that the Department of Health and the HSE have done very little to materially address the rapidly growing overruns in current health expenditure. It goes on to state that the Department of Health and the HSE are focused on justifying these growing overruns as embedded in the base but the Department of public expenditure and reform does not accept that. Would the Minister push back against that?