Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health
11:10 am
Mr. Stephen Mulvany:
To clarify, that growth is certainly directly driving the deficit.
The Senator asked how much in total are we spending on agency. There is some budget for agency. It is unfair to say that the full €60 million that we are spending is causing the deficit, but a significant chunk of it is and, certainly, all of the growth is.