John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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That is my point. These are complex Departments with complex budgets and challenges. Mr. Desmond has acknowledged that the overruns in those Departments are not as significant as in the health sector, so we will park that. What is it about health that makes the overruns in that Department so large? I am asking that as a public representative. To follow on from what my colleagues have said, there is a consistent overrun. What accounts for that in health?