John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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It is the budgetary oversight competency that is of interest. Essentially, Mr. Robert Watt had a Sir Humphrey Appleby moment with his Minister. When the Minister for Finance told the Taoiseach of his decision and mentioned that the Secretary General had raised some issues, I assume the Taoiseach asked him to summarise what the issues were. They were affordability, the risks to the State and the perception of our economic competence. Has the Secretary General come around to the viewpoint of the Minister? Is he ad idemwith him? Are they on the same page on the decision the Minister made? In April the Minister's Department produced a document on the national broadband plan - concerns and risks. Even under the section on benefits it states-----