Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am speaking to the Deputy’s first question, which was whether I can expect civil servants to implement Government policy they disagree with. My answer is “Yes”. I would go further and say that civil servants in every Department implement policy every day that they may not fully agree with.

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