David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)

I just want to make one point on funding. It is not a quarrel I have with Mr. Gloster; it is more with the Department and the Minister. I have no idea, and I do not know if anyone else on this committee does, how much new money for new measures was provided in the budget just gone. I am aware there was €1.5 billion in additional funding, but I was told by a Department official at a senior level that most of that is for existing levels of service. It is not unreasonable for this committee to ask those in the system how much is additional and how much is new across all the services. We simply cannot get that information. The response is that it will go into the regions. On almost any issue we ask about, we are told by the officials they do not know and cannot be specific. I do not believe that is good enough, particularly when it comes to cancer care, stroke and the national strategies. I will leave it at that. It is more of a point for the Minister.