Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management
2:00 am
Catherine Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)
Obviously, we have the children's hospital huge cost escalation. How often on average would the Department of Health go back to Mr. Moloney's Department looking for extra funding? How many times a year would it happen? Obviously, the cost increases are incremental. I do not like to use the phrase "cap in hand", but how often is the ask put to Mr. Moloney's Department to fund the children's hospital, per year?
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