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Editorial: It’s time to put an end to wishful thinking on budget spends

Supplementary estimates are a normal part of the budgetary processes but constantly underestimating the amounts required undermines credibility

Concerns mount over ‘huge holes’ in budgets as NDP talks set to begin

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warns €19 billion shortfall in government’s capital budget could force projects to be delayed or axed

Stephen Donnelly gives thumbs up to Covid inquiry, expects terms to be finalised shortly

Framework for review into how Ireland managed pandemic due "soon enough“, health minister says

Down but not out: why Fianna Fáil remains bullish despite long decline

The party is united under Micheál Martin’s leadership, but many fear it has lost its identity during its time coalition with Fine Gael and the Greens

Only 17% of voters are giving Stephen Donnelly a clean bill of health

Latest Business Post/Red C poll shows public are underwhelmed by minister’s performance, however 55% say HSE should get more government funding

Health service heads into 2024 from ‘very constrained financial’ place - Bernard Gloster

HSE chief executive lays out resourcing strategy for next year amid budget fallout

Ian Guider: Sticking plaster of more money will not fix bloated mess of HSE

An interim solution to the failings of the HSE will be cobbled together, but the same problems will exist next year

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Editorial: After nearly 20 years, farcical funding of HSE must be addressed

Multi-annual budgeting of health is needed or omnishambles of overruns and shortfalls will continue

Big Read: Ministers at war over €22.5bn health budget

Row between Department of Health, HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform about this year’s estimated €1.5 billion health overspend has been brewing for some time

Lucinda Creighton: ‘Hapless’ Donnelly has failed to grasp even the smallest nettle of reform in health

The embattled minister came into office promising change, but instead it’s just more of the same

Donohoe and Donnelly to thrash out spending plan for health

HSE boss says built-in deficit in HSE service plan ‘for the first time in memory’ as minister scrambles to make savings of €600 million

Government accused of funding health service to ‘stand still’ next year

"Entirely possible” that further supplementary budget needed for the health service, Stephen Donnelly tells Dáil

National Children’s Hospital board trying to ‘get certainty’ on October 2024 completion date

More than €1.3 billion has been spent on the project so far

Government will need €3bn budget bailouts for departments this year

Additional funding is needed for health overspend, the Ukrainian refugee crisis and cost of living measures

Big Read: Mistrust and chaos blight Health budget negotiations

Within 24 hours of the budget, Donnelly admitted that a further €1 billion is needed to bail out the ailing national health service

Health: Financial scrutiny on Stephen Donnelly’s horizon as overrun leads to muted budget measures

‘A programme of initiatives’ for improving fiscal oversight across system to be rolled out by the end of the year

Exclusive: €2bn health overrun derails budget

Paschal Donohoe and Stephen Donnelly to have crisis talks as fears grow over the potential impact of the overruns on the overall €11 billion budget package

Robert Watt: €1bn health overspend a ‘systemic problem’

Secretary general of the Department of Health said that there are issues around financial planning and control in the HSE

Analysis: Donnelly has the ultimate trump card in the health budget conundrum - timing

The health minister is up against it, but he does have one thing going for him: no government wants health cuts so close to an election

Political Playbook: Diary fills up ahead of return to Dáil

Sinn Féin to push for mortgage relief while independents look to hit back at planning rejection for Shannon LNG terminal