The Health Minister is defending the budget his department has been given to run the service next year. 

Leo Varadkar has been given an extra €280 million for 2016, but a bailout of some €600 million is required for this year.

He is insisting that some of that overspend is one-off and will not be repeated next year.

Minister Varadkar is rejecting criticism from Fianna Fáil that the budget for health is unrealistic: