Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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We make assumptions every year on how that Vote is going to perform. The challenge we have is that the overspend is of a level that is higher than we have seen before. Much of that is attributed to what we have seen happening in the acute hospital group. I made decisions on the allocation of funding for that. As the year went on, it was obvious that the demand from those parts of the health services has grown. I am going to have to deal with the consequences of this as part of budget 2019. I will explain how I will fund it on budget day.