Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE

Mr. Robert Watt:

The Deputy will recall the budget settlement for this year. We have discussed this before and the Minister has discussed it at this and other committees. The budget settlement for this year represented a 1.8% increase on the outturn spending for last year. In the overall context of the types of increases we need for the health budget, that is on the lower side. We have been grappling with making savings-----

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