Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
3272. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount it will cost to maintain the pre-Covid19 levels of service provision across the health service in 2022 in view of demographic changes and inflation and Covid-19. [41204/21]
View answerMy Department is engaging in ongoing dialogue with the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the 2022 Estimates, and this process will include an analysis of the potential impact of demographic change, inflation and COVID-19.
These discussions are still progressing and until they are concluded it would not be appropriate for me to anticipate the outcome.
