Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Somebody recently mentioned to me that it looked as if there was no reining in of expenditure in the Department of Health, and that it was a question of "ongoing". At what stage does it go beyond the limits of all the European countries and becomes what he suggested would be one of the most expensive health services in the world?