Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In the context of a budgetary oversight mechanism, is the fact that we have an annual budget - we do not have rolling budgets in many cases - hampering the performance of the money that goes into budgets? A Deputy alluded to the fact that it shows how much money was spent on home help. The reality on the ground is that we cannot fulfil the hours needed to be fulfilled. Does the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, DPER, perform checks on that or refer back to the Department of Health or whatever? Where does the buck stop? Does it stop with DPER or individual Departments to answer for their actions, or lack thereof, and failures to provide services that are budgeted for?