Budget: Largest ever budget for health

An extra €497m is to be pumped into Health next year with measures for older people and those with disabilities included in Budget 2017 writes Irish Examiner Political Reporter Elaine Loughlin.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Pashcal Donohoe has told the Dáil that the €14.6billion available for Heath in 2017 will be the "highest ever level of health funding in the history of our country".