Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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While acknowledging the difficulties we had in 2018, I wish to make the point that for 2016 and 2017, we either did not have a Supplementary Estimate or it was significantly lower than was the case last year. On the question of what we are doing to mitigate this risk, we are dealing with the development of the potential risk on a month-by-month basis as opposed to addressing it on a quarterly basis. My Department is now directly involved in a process with the HSE and with the Department of Health that will take place every month.

That has not yet been triggered because we are only in the second week of January and I need to have a number of weeks of expenditure under my belt before we can do it.