Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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61. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of a supplementary budget he expects to need in 2018; his views on the reason the annual health budget is significantly underestimated in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28121/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are engaging in ongoing dialogue on the Health Service Executives performance year to date with consideration of the implications for outturn for the year. These discussions are still progressing and until they are concluded my Department is not in a position to determine the final figures that may be required.