Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services
11:30 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
Because the contract for the national children's hospital is so large and because it has to go back to Government for approval, during the process of developing a memorandum for Government, we are involved in consultations with the Department of Health and the board of the national children's hospital before it goes to Government. We would be involved at that level in giving our view and concerns and, obviously, the Department of Health must come to us in respect of spending management if the contract was going over budget or if the spending in any given year was more or less than-----