Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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In the course of a year there are regular reviews of expenditure in each Department, as our guests have already mentioned. Given that the Department of Health is demand-led, is special attention paid to the trends if and when they develop? At the beginning of the first quarter of the year, for example, is it clear that there is a problem arising, or one that could arise by the end of the year or during the second half of the year? What indications has the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform been able to glean from any such appraisal?