Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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Most of the questions have been answered at this stage and I thank both Ministers for their statements and answers. I want to ask about existing levels of service, ELS, funding. We have looked at the 5% spending rule that was untenable when we had such high inflation. Has any discussion taken place on the ELS and how that is impacted by inflation? In this inflationary environment, is 3% adequate to account for the real cost of maintaining the existing levels or are we building in structural underfunding?