Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The question concerns the overrun. We are looking at a very hefty overrun for this year. Worryingly, it has been locked into next year as well. I think €625 million is accounted for based on the overrun for this year, which is money we could and should be spending on Sláintecare, on scaling up the system and so forth. When was the overrun signalled to the Minister? Was it signalled in late 2017 or early 2018? If so, what steps did the Minister take to try to avoid this significant overrun? Will he give us the details of what has caused the overrun for this year?

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