Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In terms of the Supplementary Estimate, could the Minister indicate the breakdown in terms of how the overspend will be addressed, as he would regard it, up to this point in 2015, and the additional moneys he has secured? I presume that is the case in order to address the deficiencies, in terms of resourcing, in the numbers of consultants doctors, nurses, midwives and other professional inputs and bed capacity. Can the Minister tell us what the overspend is, as against the add-on moneys, to bring us up to the end of this month?

On engagement with the INMO, does the Minister have any expectation of revisiting the decision already taken or in terms of any of the measures he is currently working on? Are they being viewed in any way as sufficient to allow for a re-evaluation of the position by the INMO in advance of 15 December?

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