Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For 2016, the Department of Health will have funding from the Exchequer of €13.175 billion in current expenditure and €414 million in capital. Further funds come in from contributions from the HSE, from private insurance, car parks and so on. These amount to over €1 billion. This represents an increase of €880 million on the 2015 current expenditure budget set out in the Revised Estimates volume and €32 million on capital expenditure.

In the last period the Tánaiste has nominated a number of MABS officers around the country to work in a more focused and structured way with people who have mortgage difficulties. This is paying dividends in the work they do. I will have to advise Deputy Micheál Martin in respect of the legislation to which he refers concerning the personal debt mediation, PDM, agency. The same applies to legislation on housing, an issue he has raised.

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