Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health
Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised)
10:40 am
Ms Bairbre Nic Aongusa:
The briefing note provides an example of the use to which the subhead could be put. Legally, the key determining factor in the use of money under any subhead is the description. In this case, the description is "Payments in respect of persons claiming to have been damaged by vaccination". Currently, there is €1,000 in the subhead, as it is a holding subhead until it can be used, if necessary.