Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of Government Chief Information Officer
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
9:30 am
Mr. David Moloney:
Obviously, there are financial consequences with the evolution of health policy. I think those were discussed and considered as Sláintecare itself was being discussed. I think at that stage it was anticipated that there would be a significant increase in expenditure. In recent years we have seen a significant increase in expenditure. The management of that expenditure is primarily a matter for the Department of Health. From our point of view, we have internal procedures to strengthen the oversight through the health budget oversight committee, through the resourcing of what we call the health Vote team in the Department, the team that is responsible for the oversight of health expenditure and we continue to do that.
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