ESRI 'shares concerns' about demands on health budget for next year

Karina Doorley, senior research officer at the ESRI, said the institute shared concerns with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the health allocation could be inadequate. Picture: Mark Stedman

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has told TDs it shares concerns with the fiscal watchdog about the demands on the health spending next year.   

Speaking to the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee, Karina Doorley, senior research officer at the ESRI, said the institute shared concerns with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the health allocation could be inadequate.