Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am well aware of the concerns of those in the mental health sector in regard to funding for their services for next year in the context of the overspend that has now fully developed in other parts of the health service. I am doing all I can to try to protect the other health services. I assure Deputy Boyd Barrett that I am well aware of the risk. That issue is very important in the discussions we are having at the moment regarding the health budget for next year.