Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017

9:00 am

Photo of Kate O'ConnellKate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I know that but if we are spending money on measuring and mapping and are recommending that people do certain things to prevent exposure, surely we need to show them that there is a net gain from the spend, for example, that so many lives have been saved or so many outcomes have been better as a result of these initiatives. If we put in State money, we expect to get something out at the other end.