Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I will tease the health expenditure issue out a little. I subscribe to the points that have been put forward by Social Justice Ireland. Again, I commend the organisation ford the excellent work both pre and post-budget. The document is informative and gives good analysis in terms of where we are at and where are the pressures. In terms of the health budget, Dr. Healy referenced the fact that there was an overspend this year. Is that where he derives the €100 million figure from? The overspend was said to be in the region of €300 million. Would the additional money to be put in cover €200 million of the overspend? Is that how Dr. Healy extrapolated the figure?