Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Engagement with Secretary General of the Department of Health
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
It did not have legal standing but money was paid out on the basis the Government had entered into commitments. Therefore, letters of intent from the Secretary General of a Department have significant weight. When you signed off on €2 million, and potentially €20 million, without any authorisation in the Estimates process and without any Government approval-----
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