Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The point I was making is that over 2,500 organisations are getting funding from the HSE and the amount involved this year, for instance, is €4 billion. The Committee of Public Accounts at the time was focused on one organisation in particular which meant that the other 2,499 organisations could not be touched by the Joint Committee on Health, which was a problem. That should not happen again.

In the context of the separation of powers, it is very difficult for this committee to deal with any issue if there is a court case pending that is relevant. Something might be said here that could, in some way, prejudice a court case and we must be careful from that point of view. That is why the issue of the separation of powers is important.