Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My concern is about us getting a take on an organisation’s budgets. For example, the rent in Cork is €370,000 but HIQA does not pay it as the OPW absorbs it. In the Beacon Court case, there was a tenant with HIQA which absorbed that body’s rent costs. It does not give us a fair reflection of the budget. HIQA states it has a budget of €18 million. However, there are areas of expenditure which are not clear and are not spent on HIQA. This has come up time and time again with the OPW. We saw it with An Garda Síochána and the decision on decentralisation. It does not give us a fair take on an organisation’s budget.