Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 February 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack

9:30 am

Mr. Robert Watt:

I am allowed to answer the question. The majority of the €480 million referred to contributions that people made. It was subsequently established there was not a legal basis for making those. The policy intent was clear, but the legal basis for implementation of the policy intent was wrong.