Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When I talk about the fiscal space, I am talking about the net fiscal space available. On the problem with these figures, we heard an example yesterday in the debate on mental health services. There is €12 million being stripped away from mental health services, yet we have the highest suicides rates in the European Union for females aged between 15 and 19 years and people across the State who are unable to access mental health supports from the HSE and a hospital system that is in absolute crisis.

Expenditure pressures have been identified at a figure of about 0.25% of GDP, or about €580 million. It is said this will be accommodated within the fiscal space, but we need the detail from the Minister. Where are the expenditure pressures-----

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