Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020
9:30 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
I do not think that is a fair characterisation. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and other Ministers make their case for money. That is their job and what they are there to do. As part of the cut and thrust of Estimates, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, defends her corner as one would expect and argues for her case. In terms of the nature of the engagements, the way the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, went about her business was perfectly fine.