Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Select Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary)

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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Yes exactly, it has a completely different job to the Minister.

Section 6, as I mentioned earlier, states that the Department will ask the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to carry over the 2020 underspend. I can fully understand if the Minister does not have an update for the committee today but would it be possible for the committee to get an update on whether the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform comes back to the Minister on that carryover?