Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion

Mr. Robert Watt:

Many people helped me but I had to clear it.

In respect of the broadband plan, it is my job to give my advice. That is what I am paid to do. It is ultimately the job of the Minister, the Taoiseach and the Cabinet to accept or not accept that advice because they are the people who got elected. I did my job and the Government did its job, and it made the decision. It is now Government policy. The decision has been taken so I have nothing further to add on the matter. I gave my views, which is my job, and that is what I understand we want from the Civil Service now.

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