Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 October 2020
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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We have seen IBEC and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council calling for greater stimulus. They have said how important this would be in the coming year to deal with the employment situation. How much of the €9 billion in Covid-related expenditure does the Minister anticipate will be allocated to health? In the Minister's opening statement he mentioned the uncertainty. What will the allocation be in health? What proportion, if any, of that will be baseline?