Billy Kelleher
Question:740. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward multi-annual plans and budgets for health expenditure, both current and capital. [34085/17]
View answerThursday, 13 July 2017
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The Programme for Partnership Government set out the Government's intention to work with the Oireachtas to sustain appropriate annual increases in the Health Budget. Expenditure is to be based on multi-year budgeting supported by a five year Health Service Plan based on realistic and verifiable projections. The Department is currently considering how best to practically implement this commitment and work is on-going in the development of the different elements required.
In the meantime, in the context of the annual Estimates process, the HSE are undertaking work on Budgeting and Service Planning for 2018 and, as with previous years, the National Service Plan for 2018 is expected to be published in early December 2017.