John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To put it in context, each member present can think of projects in his or her constituency - I can think of one in County Carlow that would cost €320,000 to deliver - which are being refused the capital support to do that, yet compensation in one hospital was €389,000, in a second hospital it was €200,000, and for the HSE it was €9 million. How many projects nationwide, which could benefit service users or patients, could be put in place were that money not spent in the way it is being spent? It simply is so wrong, and while this committee does not have a role in policy matters, I venture to state the Minister should take note of this because it is an organisation that simply is not capable of providing the efficiency in the expenditure of public money that I seek.