Bulk of €1.1bn for health to go on wages
Spending on health will increase to just under €14bn, however, more than €500 million of the extra resources will go into pay packets rather than services which get a €179m boost for new initiatives.
That includes €35m to ensure the opening of eight new acute care units, €4 million to help ease strain on A and E units and the National Treatment Purchase Fund gets a €10m boost taking its annual total €88m.
