David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Perfect. Mr. Fraser referred earlier to the core functions of the Department of the Taoiseach and, I suppose, of the Taoiseach. One of them is engaging with the formulation and implementation of Government policy. There is a focus at the moment on the relationship between different Departments, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Taoiseach. I think the national children's hospital overspend is an obvious case where people became aware of it whenever they did. It is a very significant problem and is very much in the public domain at the moment. What would be the Taoiseach's role in that area apart from it being raised at Cabinet level? What would the reporting structures be? If a board identifies a problem, which then goes to the Department of Health, which then goes to the Minister for Health, at what point does it get to the Taoiseach? Is it only at Cabinet level that it would be brought to the Taoiseach's attention? If his role is to formulate and implement Government policy, and it is Government policy to build the national children's hospital, what would his role be in terms of oversight?