Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

The acute hospital income, at its height, was about €630 million. Looking forward to the year end, we see a problem of €90 million to €100 million in that area due to insurers encouraging their members not to use their insurance going through emergency departments and so on.