David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is my point. Again, that was put to the Secretary General. About the majority of the deficit for this year recurring next year, the Secretary General stated "That position has never been presented to me" and "It would not have arisen". How did the HSE and the Department of Health fail to inform the Secretary General that the majority of this year's deficit was going to recur next year, when it was the Secretary General and his Minister, Deputy Donohoe, who set the funding parameters for next year? If he is right in claiming that position was never presented to him, then there is a failing somewhere.