Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate emergency funding of €1.2 billion to urgently address the deficits in hospital beds, medical staffing and primary care services in the health service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4661/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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On Budget Day 2017, the Oireachtas approved gross expenditure of €14.606 billion for the health services, which is the highest ever, demonstrating the Government’s commitment to investing the gains from a recovering economy in a better health service.

The allocation of additional funding to the Health Services is a matter for Government.