Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised)
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
It is clear from the Minister of State's answer to Deputy Tóibín's questions and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform's answers to previous questions that nothing has changed since the new Government took office. When Deputy Farrell asked the Minister of State about ventilators, surely he should have admitted that there is a policy issue and that there has been a failure of policy? That failure of policy has allowed the HSE to enter into a formal contract that has led to the State incurring a huge loss. As the policymaker in this, is the Minister of State going to respond to this issue? Does the framework in place provide scope for him, the Office of Government Procurement or the HSE to sue the supplier?
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