Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that and I take on board the points made by the Minister. I get what was said but we are talking about homeless people. This is an ageing population as well. We have a lot of homeless people who are older too. While the Minister mentioned homelessness and health, we have many people who cannot get into hospitals as well. We need to do better in this regard too.

It was said that health spending will be almost €24.2 billion next year and that the Minister for Health, the HSE and all parties "recognise the importance of demonstrating the link between funding and delivery". I get hives when I think of a health budget now when I look at the national children's hospital. Will one of the Ministers elaborate on this aspect for me, please?