Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Select Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary)

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know the Chair wishes to move on but I wish to say something in response to that. I will not make a long statement. The Minister of State is seeking €157 million in additional funding from the Oireachtas. I know the Minister of State did not write this, but his officials have provided two sentences with no detail. That certainly does not strike me as proper governance, and I doubt it strikes the Minister of State that way. This is not really a matter for the quarterly review. This meeting is the moment to interrogate requests for extra money. A two-sentence explanation provided the night before falls a long way short of what we should expect to justify an extra €157 million for drugs.

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