Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Select Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary)

9:00 am

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent)
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I thank the Minister of State. I will ask him a few questions one at a time to give him an opportunity to answer. What was done differently in 2018 than in 2017 to mitigate the overrun? The 2017 overrun was €200 million. This year, it is €700 million. What was failed to be achieved in 2018? Has there been a change in how the health service plan, which is yet to be published this year, is developed so that the overrun does not continue year on year?