When budget ministers Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe get to their feet in the Dáil on Tuesday, one third of the €8.3 billion package they have promised to return to taxpayers will already be spoken for. It is to be spent on increased funding for the health service, which will increase by €2.7 billion in Budget 2025 compared with last year’s allocation. We’ve known this overall figure since July, when Ministers for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe and for Health Stephen Donnelly shook hands on it just before the publication of the Summer Economic Statement outlining the parameters of next year’s…

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