Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are going around in circles. The bottom line is that the witnesses were brought before this committee for the purpose of discussing the standstill costs. The main issue members have with those is that there is not a breakdown or the detail required to identify what components contribute to that figure in its entirety. Regarding the Government decision to allocate €22.5 billion to the Department of Health, that Vote will be debated by the relevant committee and the relevant actors in relation to that will be before that committee. They will be answerable to committee members or the Dáil as they see fit to question, as has been relayed by Deputy Doherty.

Deputy Durkan has been waiting patiently and may have some questions in addition to those that have been asked or clarification on any other points.