James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The €50 million in capital expenditure is very welcome but the Government needs to understand that the commitment to increase investment by €35 million annually is just that - a commitment to increase investment by €35 million annually, to meet the requirements under A Vision for Change. In 2016 the Government announced €35 million and then withheld €12 million in a U-turn into which it was forced in June. Fine Gael pledged increased funding of €175 million for mental health on page 135 of its programme so I hope that, having announced €35 million in the budget this year, it is not going to perform another embarrassing climbdown. I emphasise that €35 million means €35 million.

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