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
Mr. Robert Watt:
Obviously, hindsight is a great thing. What do they call them? “Monday morning quarterbacks” I think is the expression they use in America. There is a lot of that around, of course. I can be facetious and say that to have it all over again is: “Don’t make a decision, don’t try anything different, don’t be innovative” - that would be the facetious answer - which might be the sad lesson that people learn from this. I think the real lesson is around making communications better and making sure people are aligned. I assumed people knew what was going on and there was support for this, and it transpired that that was not the case, so it is to be clear, I guess, in terms of people being informed and making sure the communications are better.
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