Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I want to clarify that that is correct because sometimes we have a number of different issues. I might use different examples of spending, so I get to understand how we use it.

I will use a local example. We are talking about the 2023 accounts. In 2023, the OPW failed to buy the lands at Castletown House. They were purchased by a third party. There was always a question of how much was spent. Who would ultimately sanction the amount spent by the OPW, if it had put in a bid at that time? What I am trying to get at is who is ultimately responsible for spending and for what can be spent, because sometimes one group will say the Department of public expenditure did not allow it, the OPW will turn around and agree it was the Department of public expenditure and then the Department of public expenditure will say it was the OPW? Who can sanction the amount? That is the question I am asking here.