Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion
Mr. David Moloney:
No, I do not think so. I do not accept that is a fair comment. I might look a bit pink the odd time but we have a very good relationship. I have worked closely with Robert Watt. I have worked to him for over ten years. We know each other well and we have a good relationship. There are no problems there. There is a very good relationship between the teams in the Departments and a very constructive one. It must be said that sometimes the reality behind a public expenditure Ministry is that we value the fiscal policy and sticking to it and, naturally, people in the Department of Health value increasing services for people and there is always a tension between those two things.
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