Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. Colm Desmond:

It is desirable that they should be. They are set firmly for the area of capital spending under the national development plan up to 2022, with 2023 to be firmed up. There is quite an amount of planning ahead under the ten year plan. Current expenditure is a little more difficult to project. On the other hand, it also must take account of what is realistically available to us over the next period of time. It would certainly be a factor when we look ahead over the period the Deputy mentioned.