Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 February 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting
9:30 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
It is not just €708 million. That relates to the core funding but there is also an extra €100 million for additional developments and up to €1 billion in once-off funding. That €1 billion will significantly reduce the impact of the deficit for 2024 in certain areas. As I have said, because I do not have income and expenditure accounts for the last five months of the year, it is very difficult to comment. I will say that it is likely that we will require supplementary funding. My job is to put forward all of the conditions that are likely to reduce the effects of the deficit to the greatest degree possible. I suspect that we will have a very accurate position at the end of the first quarter.