David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand that but my point is that the Minister's Secretary General is stating what he sees as facts, which are completely at odds with what the Secretary to the Government is saying. He says that these are not facts. Does the Minister see that as problematic from our perspective when we are talking about spending taxpayers' money? It seems that the Minister for Health was kept in the dark until late in this process, which is a problem for me and it should certainly be a problem for the Minister as well. The Secretary General in the Department of Health is saying these are facts and other senior civil servants are not only saying they are not facts, but that what the Secretary General said was inaccurate.