Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion

Mr. Colm Desmond:

At this point I do not have an indication of from where the €200 million provided by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will actually break out. The Deputy quoted a figure of €385 million. A certain amount of the capital plan was already funded from the capital allocation for 2019 at the beginning. When the additional cost transpired for the national children's hospital project, a process ensued whereby there was a 75% contribution and a 25% contribution from the Health Service Executive. It is to accommodate the additional costs. That is why the Minister has announced-----